परदाररता ये च ये च तस्करवृत्तयः । सर्वे राजभयाद्राजन्मर्यादां पालयंति वै
paradāraratā ye ca ye ca taskaravṛttayaḥ | sarve rājabhayādrājanmaryādāṃ pālayaṃti vai
“جو دوسروں کی بیویوں میں مبتلا ہیں اور جو چوری کے پیشے سے جیتے ہیں—وہ سب، اے راجن، صرف شاہی سزا کے خوف سے ہی حدِّ مراتب میں رہتے ہیں۔”
Counsellors/subjects (contextual)
Scene: Counselors describe how criminals and adulterers stay within bounds only due to royal fear; the king is shown as potential wielder of danda, yet presently withdrawn.
External law supports social morality; when authority is righteous, it restrains harm and protects dharma for the vulnerable.
No site is specified in this verse; it continues the moral-political instruction within the chapter’s narrative.
None; it discusses social discipline enforced by kingship.