Shloka 35
धन-राजधर्म संवादः
Discourse on Wealth and Royal Duty
तं चेन्न यजसे राजन प्राप्तस्त्वं राज्यकिल्बिषम् | येषां राजाश्वमेधेन यजते दक्षिणावता
taṃ cen na yajase rājan prāptas tvaṃ rājyakilbiṣam | yeṣāṃ rājāśvamedhena yajate dakṣiṇāvatā ||
大王啊，若你不行祭祀，便将招致附着于王权的罪垢。因为正是为了臣民与所依附之人，君王才举行赐施丰厚、合乎仪则的马祭（Aśvamedha），使王权作为托付之责而被行使，由义务与慷慨而得净化，而非因单纯占有而染污。
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal authority is not morally neutral: if a king enjoys sovereignty without performing the purifying and welfare-oriented duties of rule—symbolized here by yajña and generous dakṣiṇā—he incurs rājya-kilbiṣa, the ethical taint of kingship. Sacrifice functions as a public act of responsibility, redistribution, and self-restraint.
Arjuna addresses a king and warns him that neglecting the prescribed sacrificial obligation will bring the fault associated with kingship. He points to the Aśvamedha, performed with abundant gifts, as an exemplar of how kings traditionally discharge their duty toward those for whose sake they rule.