Shloka 57
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चित् त्वमेव सर्वस्या: पृथिव्या: पृथिवीपते । समश्नानभिशड्क्यश्न यथा माता यथा पिता,पृथ्वीपते! क्या समस्त भूमण्डलकी प्रजा तुम्हें ही समदर्शी एवं माता- पिताके समान विश्वसनीय मानती है?
kaccit tvam eva sarvasyāḥ pṛthivyāḥ pṛthivīpate | samaśnān abhiśaṅkyaśna yathā mātā yathā pitā ||
那罗陀说道：“大地之主啊，是否举国之民都唯独把你视为公正无私、全然可信之人——如母如父——因此得以无惧无疑而安居？”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s dharma is to be impartial and reliably protective, so that subjects feel the same confidence in him as in their parents; public trust is a moral measure of good governance.
Nārada addresses the king and tests his fitness to rule by asking whether the entire populace experiences him as even-handed and dependable—free from fear and suspicion—like a mother and father to all.