Shloka 19
अध्याय ७२ — राजधर्मः: प्रजारक्षण, कर-नीति, दण्ड-नीति, अमात्य-नियोजन
Chapter 72 — Royal Duty: protection of subjects, taxation, punishment, and appointments
दोग्ध्री धान्यं हिरण्यं च मही राज्ञा सुरक्षिता । नित्य॑ स्वेभ्य: परेभ्यश्न तृप्ता माता यथा पय:
dogdhrī dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca mahī rājñā surakṣitā | nityaṃ svebhyaḥ parebhyaś ca tṛptā mātā yathā payaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：国王若善护大地，大地便如乳牛，恒常产出谷粮与黄金。正如母亲自身满足，方能随子所愿哺以乳汁；同样，被妥善守护的土地也会不断赐予王之百姓以及他人以资生之粮与财富。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity is not accidental: when a ruler protects and governs the land rightly, the earth becomes productive and yields food and wealth for all. Protection (surakṣā) is presented as the ethical condition for abundance.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Bhīṣma advises the king by using a domestic analogy: like a satisfied mother who can freely nourish her child with milk, the earth—when safeguarded by the king—continuously provides grain and gold to the king’s people and even to others.