Shloka 47
राजवृत्त-रक्षा-प्रणिधि-षाड्गुण्योपदेशः
Royal Conduct, Protection, Intelligence, and Policy Measures
श्रियं ददाति कस्मैचित् कस्माच्चिदपकर्षति । तदा वैश्रवणो राजा लोके भवति भूमिप:
śriyaṃ dadāti kasmaicit kasmāccid apakarṣati | tadā vaiśravaṇo rājā loke bhavati bhūmipaḥ ||
瓦苏摩那说：“国王使一些人得享繁荣，也使一些人失去繁荣。当统治者以财富之流酬慰有益之士，又没收为害作恶者的诸多珍宝——把资财赐予致力于邦国福祉者，并夺取叛逆者之财——那位护持大地的君主便被世人视为毗舍罗伐那（Vaiśravaṇa，即俱毗罗）本身。其伦理旨趣在于：王者的施与必须与公正的约束相配——奖赏为公共善而效力者，遏止威胁国度的掠夺与侵害。”
वसुमना उवाच
Educational Q&A
A righteous king must manage wealth as a moral instrument: he should reward those who benefit the realm and justly deprive those who harm it. Proper redistribution and confiscation, aligned with public welfare, makes the king ‘like Kubera’—a source and regulator of prosperity.
Vasumanā describes an ideal ruler’s conduct: the king gives prosperity to loyal, helpful subjects and removes wealth from malicious or rebellious persons. This balanced governance—generosity plus enforcement—earns the king the reputation of being like Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera), the archetypal lord of riches.