Shloka 32
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चिन्न सर्वे कर्मान्ता: परोक्षास्ते विशड्किता: । सर्वे वा पुनरुत्सृष्टा: संसृष्टं चात्र कारणम्
kaccin na sarve karmāntāḥ parokṣās te viśaṅkitāḥ | sarve vā punar utsṛṣṭāḥ saṃsṛṣṭaṃ cātra kāraṇam ||
那罗陀说道：“你可曾使一切工役与诸般执事之人不致隐没于你视听之外，或被你以疑心相待？抑或你屡屡罢黜他们，又再度任用？因为在此事上，大兴盛的真实根由，乃是紧密相联、同心协作的关系——百姓久蒙恩惠，便为君主所熟知，堪当信任，并对其主上倾心效命。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s prosperity depends on informed oversight and trust-based relations with workers and functionaries; constant suspicion or repeated dismissal undermines loyalty and coordinated effort, whereas sustained favor builds reliability and devotion.
Nārada continues a sequence of probing questions on righteous governance, asking whether the king personally knows and supervises those who do the kingdom’s work and whether he maintains stable, trusting employment relations that enable collective prosperity.