Shloka 6
शूर्पणखाया रावणं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Surpanakha’s Political Admonition to Ravana
ये न रक्षन्ति विषयमस्वाधीना नराधिपाः।ते न वृद्ध्या प्रकाशन्ते गिरयस्सागरे यथा।।।।
ye na rakṣanti viṣayam asvādhīnā narādhipāḥ | te na vṛddhyā prakāśante girayaḥ sāgare yathā ||
جو بادشاہ اپنے نفس پر قابو نہ رکھے اور اپنی رعیت و مملکت کی حفاظت نہ کرے، وہ بڑھتی ہوئی خوشحالی سے روشن نہیں ہوتا؛ جیسے سمندر میں ڈوبے ہوئے پہاڑ اپنی شان سے نمایاں نہیں رہتے۔
A king who accuses others, who is addicted to sensual pleasures, who lacks a sense of judgement of place and time, a sense of discrimination between virtue and vice and the right wisdom will destroy himself and the kingdom in no time.
FAQs
Protection of the realm is a primary duty of kingship; without self-control, that duty fails and prosperity cannot manifest.
Continuing her rebuke, Śūrpaṇakhā frames Rāvaṇa’s lack of restraint as a direct cause of weak protection and decline.
Self-mastery (svādīnatā) as the foundation for safeguarding subjects and territory.