Shloka 6
राजधर्मः—प्रजापालनं दानयज्ञश्च
Royal Duty—Protection of Subjects, Generosity, and Sacrificial Discipline
य॑ हि धर्म चरन्तीह प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिता: । चतुर्थ तस्य धर्मस्य राजा भारत विन्दति,भारत! राजाद्वारा सुरक्षित हुई प्रजा यहाँ जिस धर्मका आचरण करती है, उसका चौथा भाग राजाको भी मिल जाता है
ya hi dharmaṁ carantīha prajā rājñā surakṣitāḥ | caturthaṁ tasya dharmasya rājā bhārata vindati ||
毗湿摩说：噢，婆罗多啊，若此世之民在国王善加护持之下修行法（dharma），则其法之功德，国王亦得其四分之一。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A king who genuinely protects his subjects shares in the moral merit they generate through righteous living; political responsibility and public virtue are ethically interconnected.
In the Śānti Parva dialogue on statecraft and ethics, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira about rājadharma, explaining that a ruler’s protective governance entitles him to a portion of the people’s dharmic merit.