Shloka 14
Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa
Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment
एता विद्या: क्षत्रियाणां राजन् संसिद्धिकारिका: । अपि गाथामिमां चापि बृहस्पतिरगायत
etā vidyāḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ rājan saṃsiddhikārikāḥ | api gāthām imāṃ cāpi bṛhaspatir agāyat ||
毗耶娑说道：“噢，国王，正是这些修持与神圣之责，使刹帝利恒得成就与胜利。关于此事，布里哈斯帕提也曾唱诵过一首古传偈。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the kṣatriya’s true ‘success’ (saṃsiddhi) comes from adherence to the proper disciplines and duties—ethical, ritual, and political—and that this principle is supported by authoritative tradition, here attributed to Bṛhaspati.
Vyāsa addresses a king and, after listing or indicating the relevant kṣatriya disciplines, introduces an authoritative supporting quotation: a gāthā said to have been sung by Bṛhaspati on the same topic.