Shloka 29
Chapter 78: Royal Responsibility for Wealth, Social Order, and the Protection of Dvijas
Kekaya Exemplum
राक्षस उवाच (नारीणां व्यभिचाराच्च अन्यायाच्च महीक्षिताम् । विप्राणां कर्मदोषाच्च प्रजानां जायते भयम् ।।
rākṣasa uvāca—
nārīṇāṁ vyabhicārāc ca anyāyāc ca mahīkṣitām |
viprāṇāṁ karmadoṣāc ca prajānāṁ jāyate bhayam ||
avṛṣṭi-mariko rogaḥ satataṁ kṣud-bhayāni ca |
vigrahaś ca na sadā tasmin deśe bhavati dāruṇaḥ ||
yakṣa-rakṣaḥ-piśācebhyo nāsurebhyaḥ kathaṁcana |
bhayam utpadyate tatra yatra viprāḥ susaṁyatāḥ ||
yasmāt sarvāsv avasthāsu dharmam evānvavekṣase |
tasmāt prāpruhi kaikeya gṛhaṁ svasti vrajāmy aham ||
罗刹说道：“因妇人失贞，因君王不义，因婆罗门在仪轨与德行上的过失，百姓之中便生恐惧。若一国为此等缺失所蔽，甘霖不降，疫疠流行，饥馑常在，惨烈争战亦屡屡爆发。然而，若婆罗门以坚固自制而住世，则不由夜叉、罗刹、毗舍遮与阿修罗而生恐惧。既然你在一切境遇中唯以法（dharma）为所观，迦迦耶之王啊，愿你平安归家，愿你吉祥。我今辞去。”
राक्षस उवाच
Educational Q&A
Collective security is tied to moral order: sexual misconduct, unjust rule, and corrupted religious-ethical practice generate social fear and calamities (drought, disease, hunger, conflict), while disciplined, self-restrained Brahmins are portrayed as a stabilizing force that removes even supernatural threats.
A Rākṣasa addresses the Kaikeya king, explaining why a realm becomes afflicted by disasters and fear, contrasting it with a land protected by the self-restraint of Brahmins, and then blesses the king—praising his steadfast attention to dharma—and takes leave.