Shloka 8
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
अरक्षंश्चौरतश्चौर्यं तदेनो नृपतेर्भवेत् ।
तस्माद्यदि तपस्तप्त्वा प्राप्तो योगित्वमीप्सितम् ॥
arakṣaṃś caurataś cauryaṃ tad eno nṛpater bhavet | tasmād yadi tapas taptvā prāpto yogitvam īpsitam ||
اگر بادشاہ چوروں سے رعایا کی حفاظت نہ کرے تو چوروں کی کی ہوئی چوری کا گناہ بادشاہ ہی کے سر آتا ہے۔ پس اگر تم نے تپسیا کر کے مطلوبہ یوگ کی حالت پا لی ہے تو اسی کے مطابق عمل کرو—حفاظت اور دھرم پر مبنی راج دھرم قائم رکھو۔
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FAQs
Governance is a moral trust: omission (failure to protect) is itself culpable. The verse frames kingship as dharma-based stewardship, where social harms (like theft) accrue as the ruler’s demerit if he neglects protection.
Primarily Dharma/ācāra instruction within narrative (not a direct sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita unit). It supports vaṃśānucarita-style royal conduct themes often embedded in dynastic/narrative portions.
The ‘thief’ can be read as disorder (adharma) and the ‘king’ as the governing intellect: if discernment fails to guard the senses and society, the resulting transgressions are owned by that governing principle.