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Shloka 37

राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः

Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration

सान्त्वनं रक्षणं दानमवस्था चाप्यभीक्षणश: । गोमिनां पार्थ कर्तव्य: संविभाग: प्रियाणि च

sāntvanaṁ rakṣaṇaṁ dānam avasthā cāpy abhīkṣṇaśaḥ | gomināṁ pārtha kartavyaḥ saṁvibhāgaḥ priyāṇi ca ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi Pārtha, đối với những người sở hữu gia súc (cộng đồng Vaiśya), phải nhiều lần ban lời trấn an, che chở bảo vệ, trợ giúp vật chất, và không ngừng gắng sức để giữ cho cảnh ngộ của họ được ổn định. Cũng nên chia sẻ những thứ thiết yếu và thường xuyên làm điều khiến họ vừa lòng.”

सान्त्वनम्conciliation, comforting
सान्त्वनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसान्त्वन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रक्षणम्protection
रक्षणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दानम्giving, charity
दानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अवस्थाcondition, stability, state
अवस्था:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्था
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अभीक्षणशःrepeatedly, again and again
अभीक्षणशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभीक्षणशस्
गोमिनाम्of the cattle-owners (wealthy in cows)
गोमिनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगोमिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
पार्थO Partha (Arjuna)
पार्थ:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कर्तव्यःto be done, should be done (obligatory)
कर्तव्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्तव्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संविभागःdistribution, sharing
संविभागः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंविभाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रियाणिpleasing things, what is dear
प्रियाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
P
Pārtha (Arjuna)
G
gomin (cattle-owners/Vaiśyas)
K
Kuntīnandana (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

A ruler’s dharma includes sustained care for the productive classes—especially cattle-owners/Vaiśyas—through reassurance, protection, financial support, stabilizing their livelihoods, fair distribution of necessities, and policies that keep them content and secure.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira (and addresses Arjuna here as ‘Pārtha’) on rājadharma. This verse is part of his guidance on how a king should maintain social and economic well-being by actively supporting and protecting key contributors to prosperity.