Shloka 43
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चिन्मुख्या महत्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमा: । जघन्याश्न जघन्येषु भृत्या: कर्मसु योजिता:
kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ | jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ ||
那罗陀说道：“你是否使最卓越者承担大任，使中等之才从事中等事务，使下等之人办理细小差役——令臣仆各依其才而用？”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes rajadharma: effective and ethical governance requires assigning responsibilities according to ability and rank—major tasks to the most capable, intermediate tasks to the middling, and minor tasks to the least capable—so that the state functions smoothly and people are not burdened beyond their competence.
Nārada is conducting a probing inquiry into the ruler’s administration, asking whether the king has properly organized his personnel—especially servants and officials—by matching each person’s capacity to an appropriate level of work.