Shloka 61
राजधर्मप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into Rājadharma (Śānti-parva 56)
एते चैवापरे चैव दोषा: प्रादुर्भवन्त्युत । नृपतौ मार्दवोपेते हर्षुले च युधिष्ठिर,युधिष्ठि! राजा जब परिहासशील और कोमल-स्वभावका हो जाता है, तब ये ऊपर बताये हुए तथा दूसरे दोष भी प्रकट होते हैं
ete caivāpare caiva doṣāḥ prādurbhavanti uta | nṛpatau mārdavopete harṣule ca yudhiṣṭhira ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，郁提施提罗！当国王性情过于柔软、沉溺轻佻嬉笑之时，这些过失以及其他种种过失，必然浮现。若以温软与戏谑取代坚决，政柄便会从手中滑落，并招致更多恶习滋生。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must balance kindness with firmness; when a king becomes excessively soft and playful, governance weakens and multiple faults naturally arise, harming order and dharma.
In the Shanti Parva discourse on rajadharma, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira, warning that a king’s indulgent, joking temperament and over-gentleness become causes for the emergence of further political and moral defects.