Shloka 83
Nāradasya Rājadharma-praśnāḥ
Nārada’s Examination of Royal Ethics
कच्चिद् बलेनानुगता: समानि विषमाणि च | पुराणि चौरान् निध्नन्तश्नरन्ति विषये तव,क्या तुम्हारे राज्यमें कुछ रक्षक पुरुष सेना साथ लेकर चोर-डाकुओंका दमन करते हुए सुगम एवं दुर्गम नगरोंमें विचरते रहते हैं?
kaccid balenānugatāḥ samāni viṣamāṇi ca | purāṇi caurān nidhnantaś caranti viṣaye tava ||
那罗陀说道：“你的守护者可曾率领武装之众巡行国境之内——无论坦途险阻——搜寻并剿灭那些盘踞已久的盗贼匪帮，使百姓得以安居无惧？”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s dharma includes active protection of the realm: maintaining security through organized patrols, suppressing entrenched criminality, and ensuring safe movement and livelihood for subjects across all regions, easy and difficult alike.
Nārada continues a sequence of probing questions to assess the quality of royal administration, asking whether the king’s guards, supported by military force, regularly patrol the kingdom and curb thieves and robbers throughout the territory.