Shiva Teaches Uma the Dharma of Kings

Verse 1 (13.212.1)

देवदेव नमस्तुभ्यं त्र्यक्ष भो वृषभध्वज । श्रुतं मे भगवन्सर्वं त्वत्प्रसादान्महेश्वर ॥

devadeva namastubhyaṃ tryakṣa bho vṛṣabhadhvaja | śrutaṃ me bhagavansarvaṃ tvatprasādānmaheśvara

Homage to you, God of gods, three-eyed one, bearer of the bull banner! Lord Maheshvara, I have heard all this through your grace.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0865-0866 (13,134.057d@015_0865-0866). The page heading is "उमोवाच"; Uma speaks verses 1-4.

Verse 2 (13.212.2)

सङ्गृहीतं मया तच्च तव वाक्यमनुत्तमम् । इदानीमस्ति संदेहो मानुषेष्विह कश्चन ॥

saṅgṛhītaṃ mayā tacca tava vākyamanuttamam | idānīmasti saṃdeho mānuṣeṣviha kaścana

I have grasped those excellent words of yours. Now I have a certain doubt concerning men in this world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0867-0868 (13,134.057d@015_0867-0868).

Verse 3 (13.212.3)

तुल्यप्राणशिरःकायो राजाऽयमिति मृश्यते । केन कर्मविपाकेन सर्वप्राधान्यमर्हति ॥

tulyaprāṇaśiraḥkāyo rājā'yamiti mṛśyate | kena karmavipākena sarvaprādhānyamarhati

"This is a king": so he is reckoned, though his breath, head and body are the same as other men's. By the ripening of what deeds does he deserve precedence over all?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0869-0870 (13,134.057d@015_0869-0870).

Verse 4 (13.212.4)

स चापि दण्डयन्मर्त्यान्भर्त्सयन्विधमन्नपि । प्रेत्यभावे कथं लोकाँल्लभते पुण्यकर्मणा । राजवृत्तमहं तस्माच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि मानद ॥

sa cāpi daṇḍayanmartyānbhartsayanvidhamannapi | pretyabhāve kathaṃ lokām̐llabhate puṇyakarmaṇā | rājavṛttamahaṃ tasmācchrotumicchāmi mānada

And when he punishes, rebukes and crushes men, how does he win the worlds hereafter through meritorious deeds? Therefore, O giver of honour, I wish to hear the conduct of a king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0871-0873 (13,134.057d@015_0871-0873).

Verse 5 (13.212.5)

तदहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि राजधर्मं शुभानने ॥

tadahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi rājadharmaṃ śubhānane

Then I shall tell you, fair-faced lady, the dharma of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 0874 (13,134.057d@015_0874). Heading "महेश्वर उवाच" at 13-212-5x; Maheshvara speaks to the end of the adhyaya (the Appendix prints its Maheshvara marker one line earlier, before 15_0873).

Verse 6 (13.212.6)

राजायत्तं हि यत्सर्वं लोकवृत्तं शुभाशुभम् । महतस्तपसो देवि फलं राज्यमिति स्मृतम् ॥

rājāyattaṃ hi yatsarvaṃ lokavṛttaṃ śubhāśubham | mahatastapaso devi phalaṃ rājyamiti smṛtam

All the conduct of the world, good and bad, depends on the king. Kingship is said to be the fruit of great austerity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0875-0876 (13,134.057d@015_0875-0876).

Verse 7 (13.212.7)

तपोदानमयं राज्यं परं स्थानं विधीयते । तस्माद्राज्ञः सदा मर्त्याः प्रणमन्ति यतस्ततः ॥

tapodānamayaṃ rājyaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ vidhīyate | tasmādrājñaḥ sadā martyāḥ praṇamanti yatastataḥ

Kingship is made of austerity and giving, and is ordained as a supreme station. That is why mortals everywhere always bow to the king.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0877-0878 (13,134.057d@015_0877-0878).

Verse 8 (13.212.8)

न्यायतस्त्वं महाभागे श्रोतुकामाऽसि भामिनि । तस्मात्तस्यैव चरितं जगत्पथ्यं शृणु प्रिये ॥

nyāyatastvaṃ mahābhāge śrotukāmā'si bhāmini | tasmāttasyaiva caritaṃ jagatpathyaṃ śṛṇu priye

Rightly, O highly blessed and lovely lady, you wish to hear. Therefore, dear one, listen to the conduct of that king, which is wholesome for the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0879-0880 (13,134.057d@015_0879-0880).

Verse 9 (13.212.9)

अराजके पुरा त्वासीत्प्रजानां सङ्कुलं महत् । तदृष्ट्वा सङ्कुलं ब्रह्मा मनुं राज्ये न्यवेदयत् । तदाप्रभृति संदृष्टं राज्ञां वृत्तं शुभाशुभम् ॥

arājake purā tvāsītprajānāṃ saṅkulaṃ mahat | tadṛṣṭvā saṅkulaṃ brahmā manuṃ rājye nyavedayat | tadāprabhṛti saṃdṛṣṭaṃ rājñāṃ vṛttaṃ śubhāśubham

In ancient times, when there was no king, great disorder came upon the people. Seeing that disorder, Brahma set Manu in the kingship. From then on the good and bad conduct of kings has been observed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0881-0883 (13,134.057d@015_0881-0883).

Verse 10 (13.212.10)

तन्मे शृणु वरारोहे तस्य पथ्यं जगद्धितम् । यथा प्रेत्य लभेत्स्वर्गं यथा वीर्यं यशस्तथा ॥

tanme śṛṇu varārohe tasya pathyaṃ jagaddhitam | yathā pretya labhetsvargaṃ yathā vīryaṃ yaśastathā

Hear that from me, lovely one, what is wholesome for him and good for the world, how he gains heaven after death, and how strength and fame.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0884-0885 (13,134.057d@015_0884-0885).

Verse 11 (13.212.11)

पित्र्यं वा भूतपूर्वं वा स्वयमुत्पाद्य वा पुनः । राज्यधर्ममनुष्ठाय विधिवद्भोक्तुमर्हति ॥

pitryaṃ vā bhūtapūrvaṃ vā svayamutpādya vā punaḥ | rājyadharmamanuṣṭhāya vidhivadbhoktumarhati

Whether his kingdom came from his father, or existed before, or he has made it afresh by himself, he is fit to enjoy it duly only after he has practised the dharma of kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0886-0887 (13,134.057d@015_0886-0887).

Verse 12 (13.212.12)

आत्मानमेव प्रथमं विनयैरुपपादयेत् । अनु भृत्यान्प्रजाः पश्चादित्येष विनयक्रमः ॥

ātmānameva prathamaṃ vinayairupapādayet | anu bhṛtyānprajāḥ paścādityeṣa vinayakramaḥ

He should first train himself in discipline, and afterwards his servants and then the people. This is the order of discipline.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0888-0889 (13,134.057d@015_0888-0889).

Verse 13 (13.212.13)

स्वामिनं चोपमां कृत्वा प्रजास्तद्वृत्तकाङ्क्षया । स्वयं विनयसम्पन्ना भवन्तीह शुभेक्षणे ॥

svāminaṃ copamāṃ kṛtvā prajāstadvṛttakāṅkṣayā | svayaṃ vinayasampannā bhavantīha śubhekṣaṇe

Making their master the model, the people, wishing to follow his conduct, themselves become disciplined here, O fair-eyed lady.

Note on the text: Corrected चोषमां → चोपमां (misprint in Wikisource; च + उपमां; Appendix I 15_0890 has copamāṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0890-0891 (13,134.057d@015_0890-0891).

Verse 14 (13.212.14)

स्वस्मात्पूर्वतरा राजा विनयत्येव वै प्रजाः । अपहास्यो भवेत्तादृक्स्वदोषस्यानवेक्षणात् ॥

svasmātpūrvatarā rājā vinayatyeva vai prajāḥ | apahāsyo bhavettādṛksvadoṣasyānavekṣaṇāt

A king disciplines his subjects only when he has first disciplined himself; otherwise he would become an object of ridicule, for not looking to his own faults.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0892-0894 (13,134.057d@015_0892-0894). Wikisource's first line स्वस्मात्पूर्वतरा राजा विनयत्येव वै प्रजाः is a reworded form of Appendix I 15_0892-0893 (tasmāt pūrvataraṃ rājā ātmānaṃ vinaye nayet / yo vinītaḥ svayaṃ rājā vinayaty eva vai prajāḥ); kept as printed and translated by its sense. The second line is Appendix 15_0894.

Verse 15 (13.212.15)

विद्याभ्यासैर्वृद्धयोगैरात्मानं विनयं नयेत् । विद्या धर्मार्थफलिनी तद्विदो वृद्धसंज्ञिताः ॥

vidyābhyāsairvṛddhayogairātmānaṃ vinayaṃ nayet | vidyā dharmārthaphalinī tadvido vṛddhasaṃjñitāḥ

He should bring himself to discipline through study and through association with elders. Learning bears the fruit of dharma and wealth, and those who know it are called elders.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0895-0896 (13,134.057d@015_0895-0896).

Verse 16 (13.212.16)

इन्द्रियाणां जयो देवि अत ऊर्ध्वमुदाहृतः । अजये सुमहान्दोषो राजानं विनिपातयेत् ॥

indriyāṇāṃ jayo devi ata ūrdhvamudāhṛtaḥ | ajaye sumahāndoṣo rājānaṃ vinipātayet

After that, O goddess, mastery over the senses is taught. Failure to master them is a very great fault, and it can bring a king down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0897-0898 (13,134.057d@015_0897-0898).

Verse 17 (13.212.17)

पञ्चैव स्ववशे कृत्वा तदर्थान्पञ्च शोषयेत् । षडुत्सृज्य यथायोगं ज्ञानेन विनयेन च । शास्त्रचक्षुर्नयपरो भूत्वा भृत्यान्समाहरेत् ॥

pañcaiva svavaśe kṛtvā tadarthānpañca śoṣayet | ṣaḍutsṛjya yathāyogaṃ jñānena vinayena ca | śāstracakṣurnayaparo bhūtvā bhṛtyānsamāharet

Having brought the five under his own control, he should dry up their five objects; having given up the six as is fitting, through knowledge and discipline, with the scriptures as his eye and intent on right policy, he should gather servants.

Note on the text: Corrected सास्त्रचक्षुर् → शास्त्रचक्षुर् (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; Appendix I 15_0901 has śāstracakṣur). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0899-0901 (13,134.057d@015_0899-0901).

Verse 18 (13.212.18)

वृत्तश्रुतकुलोपेतानुपधाभिः परीक्षितान् । अमात्यानुपधातीतान्सोपसर्पाञ्जितेन्द्रियान् । योजयेत यथायोगं यथार्हं स्वेषु कर्मसु ॥

vṛttaśrutakulopetānupadhābhiḥ parīkṣitān | amātyānupadhātītānsopasarpāñjitendriyān | yojayeta yathāyogaṃ yathārhaṃ sveṣu karmasu

Men of good conduct, learning and lineage, tested by secret trials, ministers beyond temptation, with spies about them and with senses subdued, he should employ rightly, each in his own fitting tasks.

Note on the text: Corrected तानुपधाबिः → तानुपधाभिः (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; Appendix I 15_0902 has upadhābhiḥ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0902-0904 (13,134.057d@015_0902-0904).

Verse 19 (13.212.19)

अमात्या बुद्धिसम्पन्ना राष्ट्रं बहुजनप्रियम् । दुराधर्षं पुरश्रेष्ठं कोशः कृच्छ्रसहः स्मृतः ॥

amātyā buddhisampannā rāṣṭraṃ bahujanapriyam | durādharṣaṃ puraśreṣṭhaṃ kośaḥ kṛcchrasahaḥ smṛtaḥ

Ministers endowed with intelligence, a country dear to many people, a chief city hard to assail, and a treasury able to bear hardship are the elements remembered.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0905-0906 (13,134.057d@015_0905-0906).

Verse 20 (13.212.20)

अनुरक्तं बलं साम्नामद्वैधं मन्त्रमेव च । एताः प्रकृतयः स्वेषु स्वामी विनयतत्ववित् ॥

anuraktaṃ balaṃ sāmnāmadvaidhaṃ mantrameva ca | etāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sveṣu svāmī vinayatatvavit

A devoted army, the arts of conciliation, and undivided counsel: these are the elements of the state in his own realm, and the king should know the principles of discipline.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0907-0908 (13,134.057d@015_0907-0908). साम्नाम् kept as printed (the Appendix has sāram advaidhaṃ mitram eva ca, "the best of the army, an undivided ally"); Wikisource has मन्त्र in place of मित्र.

Verse 21 (13.212.21)

प्रजानां रक्षणार्थाय सर्वमेतद्विनिर्मितम् । आभिः करणभूताभिः कुर्याल्लोकहितं नृपः ॥

prajānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya sarvametadvinirmitam | ābhiḥ karaṇabhūtābhiḥ kuryāllokahitaṃ nṛpaḥ

All this was fashioned for the protection of the people. With these as his instruments the king should work for the good of the world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0909-0910 (13,134.057d@015_0909-0910).

Verse 22 (13.212.22)

आत्मरक्षा नरेन्द्रस्य प्रजारक्षार्थमिष्यते । तस्मात्सततमात्मानं संरक्षेदप्रमादवान् ॥

ātmarakṣā narendrasya prajārakṣārthamiṣyate | tasmātsatatamātmānaṃ saṃrakṣedapramādavān

The king's protection of himself is desired for the sake of protecting the people. Therefore he should always guard himself, without negligence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0911-0912 (13,134.057d@015_0911-0912).

Verse 23 (13.212.23)

भोजनाच्छादनस्नानाद्बहिर्निष्क्रमणादपि । नित्यं स्त्रीगणसंयोगाद्रक्षेदात्मानमात्मवान् ॥

bhojanācchādanasnānādbahirniṣkramaṇādapi | nityaṃ strīgaṇasaṃyogādrakṣedātmānamātmavān

In eating, dressing and bathing, in going out of doors, and in his constant contact with groups of women, the self-possessed king should guard himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0913-0914 (13,134.057d@015_0913-0914).

Verse 24 (13.212.24)

स्वेभ्यश्चैव परेभ्यश्च शस्त्रादपि विषादपि । सततं पुत्रदारेभ्यो रक्षेदात्मानमात्मवान् ॥

svebhyaścaiva parebhyaśca śastrādapi viṣādapi | satataṃ putradārebhyo rakṣedātmānamātmavān

From his own people and from others, from weapon and from poison, and constantly from sons and wives, the self-possessed man should guard himself.

Note on the text: Corrected शश्त्रादपि → शस्त्रादपि (misprint in Wikisource; misspelt शस्त्र; Appendix I 15_0915 has śastrād api). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0915-0916 (13,134.057d@015_0915-0916).

Verse 25 (13.212.25)

सर्वेभ्य एव स्थानेभ्यो रक्षेदात्मानमात्मवान् । प्रजानां रक्षणार्थाय प्रजाहितकरो भवेत् ॥

sarvebhya eva sthānebhyo rakṣedātmānamātmavān | prajānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya prajāhitakaro bhavet

From every place the self-possessed man should guard himself; for the protection of the people he should be one who does them good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0917-0918 (13,134.057d@015_0917-0918).

Verse 26 (13.212.26)

प्रजाकार्यं तु तत्कार्यं प्रजासौख्यं तु तत्सुखम् । प्रजाप्रियं प्रियं तस्य स्वहितं तु प्रजाहितम् । प्रजार्थं तस्य सर्वस्वमात्मार्थं न विधीयते ॥

prajākāryaṃ tu tatkāryaṃ prajāsaukhyaṃ tu tatsukham | prajāpriyaṃ priyaṃ tasya svahitaṃ tu prajāhitam | prajārthaṃ tasya sarvasvamātmārthaṃ na vidhīyate

The people's work is his work, the people's happiness is his happiness, what pleases the people pleases him, and the people's welfare is his own welfare. All that he has is for the people's sake; nothing is ordained for himself.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रजार्तं → प्रजार्थं (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; Appendix I 15_0921 has prajārthaṃ, and the half-verse pairs it with आत्मार्थं). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0919-0921 (13,134.057d@015_0919-0921).

Verse 27 (13.212.27)

प्रकृतीनां हि रक्षार्थं रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च । उभयोः पक्षयोर्वादं श्रुत्वा चैव यथातथम् । तमर्थं विमृशेद्बुद्ध्या स्वयमातत्वदर्शनात् ॥

prakṛtīnāṃ hi rakṣārthaṃ rāgadveṣau vyudasya ca | ubhayoḥ pakṣayorvādaṃ śrutvā caiva yathātatham | tamarthaṃ vimṛśedbuddhyā svayamātatvadarśanāt

For the protection of the elements of the state, setting aside desire and hatred, and hearing both sides' arguments exactly as they are, he should weigh the matter with his intellect himself, until he sees the truth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0922-0924 (13,134.057d@015_0922-0924).

Verse 28 (13.212.28)

तत्वविद्भिश्च बहुभिर्वृद्धैः सह नरोत्तमैः । कर्तारमपराधं च देशकालौ नयानयौ ॥

tatvavidbhiśca bahubhirvṛddhaiḥ saha narottamaiḥ | kartāramaparādhaṃ ca deśakālau nayānayau

With many elders, the best of men, who know the truth, he should weigh the doer, the offence, the place and the time, and what is just and unjust,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0925-0926 (13,134.057d@015_0925-0926).

Verse 29 (13.212.29)

ज्ञात्वा सम्यग्यथाशास्त्रं ततो दण्डं नयेन्नृषु । एवं कुर्वंल्लभेद्धर्मं पक्षपातविवर्जनात् ॥

jñātvā samyagyathāśāstraṃ tato daṇḍaṃ nayennṛṣu | evaṃ kurvaṃllabheddharmaṃ pakṣapātavivarjanāt

and having understood them rightly according to the scripture, he should then inflict punishment on men. Acting so, he gains dharma, by avoiding partiality.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0927-0928 (13,134.057d@015_0927-0928).

Verse 30 (13.212.30)

प्रत्यक्षाप्तोपदेशाभ्यामनुमानेन वा पुनः । बोद्धव्यं सततं राज्ञा देशवृत्तं शुभाशुभम् ॥

pratyakṣāptopadeśābhyāmanumānena vā punaḥ | boddhavyaṃ satataṃ rājñā deśavṛttaṃ śubhāśubham

By direct perception, by the instruction of trustworthy persons, or again by inference, the king should always come to know the conduct of the country, good and bad.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0929-0930 (13,134.057d@015_0929-0930).

Verse 31 (13.212.31)

चारैः कर्मप्रवृत्त्या च तद्विज्ञाय विचारयेत् । अशुभं निर्हरेत्सद्यो जोषयेच्छुभमात्मनः ॥

cāraiḥ karmapravṛttyā ca tadvijñāya vicārayet | aśubhaṃ nirharetsadyo joṣayecchubhamātmanaḥ

Having learned it through spies and through the course of men's actions, he should consider it; he should quickly remove what is bad, and cherish what is good for himself.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0931-0932 (13,134.057d@015_0931-0932).

Verse 32 (13.212.32)

गर्ह्यान्विगर्हयेदेव पूज्यान्सम्पूजयेत्तथा । दण्ड्यांश्च दण्डयेद्देवि नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥

garhyānvigarhayedeva pūjyānsampūjayettathā | daṇḍyāṃśca daṇḍayeddevi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

He should censure those who deserve censure, honour those worthy of honour, and punish those who deserve punishment, O goddess; there is no need for deliberation in this.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0933-0934 (13,134.057d@015_0933-0934).

Verse 33 (13.212.33)

पञ्चावेक्षन्सदा मन्त्रं कुर्याद्बुद्धियुतैर्नरैः । कुलवृत्तश्रुतोपेतैर्नित्यं मन्त्रपरो भवेत् ॥

pañcāvekṣansadā mantraṃ kuryādbuddhiyutairnaraiḥ | kulavṛttaśrutopetairnityaṃ mantraparo bhavet

Keeping the five in view, he should always take counsel with intelligent men of good lineage, conduct and learning, and he should be constantly devoted to counsel.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0935-0936 (13,134.057d@015_0935-0936).

Verse 34 (13.212.34)

कामकारेण वै मुख्यैर्न च मन्त्रमना भवेत् । राजा राष्ट्रहितापेक्षं सत्यधर्माणि कारयेत् ॥

kāmakāreṇa vai mukhyairna ca mantramanā bhavet | rājā rāṣṭrahitāpekṣaṃ satyadharmāṇi kārayet

He should not take counsel arbitrarily with the chief men. The king, looking to the good of the country, should have truth and dharma carried out.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0937-0938 (13,134.057d@015_0937-0938).

Verse 35 (13.212.35)

सर्वोद्योगं स्वयं कुर्याद्दुर्गादिषु सदा नृषु । देशवृद्धिकरान्भृत्यानप्रमादेन कारयेत् ॥

sarvodyogaṃ svayaṃ kuryāddurgādiṣu sadā nṛṣu | deśavṛddhikarānbhṛtyānapramādena kārayet

He should himself exert every effort, always, in forts and the like, among his men, and he should have servants who increase the prosperity of the country do their work without negligence.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0939-0940 (13,134.057d@015_0939-0940). सदा नृषु kept as printed (Appendix: sadā nṛpaḥ).

Verse 36 (13.212.36)

देशक्षयकरान्सर्वानप्रियांश्च विवर्जयेत् । अहन्यहनि सम्पश्येदनुजीविगणं स्वयम् ॥

deśakṣayakarānsarvānapriyāṃśca vivarjayet | ahanyahani sampaśyedanujīvigaṇaṃ svayam

He should keep away all who bring ruin to the country, and the disagreeable; every day he should himself review the body of his dependents.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0941-0942 (13,134.057d@015_0941-0942).

Verse 37 (13.212.37)

सुमुखः सुप्रियो दत्त्वा सम्यग्वृत्तं समाचरेत् । अधर्म्यं परुषं तीक्ष्णं वाक्यं वक्तुं न चार्हति ॥

sumukhaḥ supriyo dattvā samyagvṛttaṃ samācaret | adharmyaṃ paruṣaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ vākyaṃ vaktuṃ na cārhati

Pleasant-faced and kindly, after giving what is due, he should behave rightly. He should not speak words that are unrighteous, harsh or cutting.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0943-0944 (13,134.057d@015_0943-0944).

Verse 38 (13.212.38)

असंविश्वास्य वचनं वक्तुं सत्सु न चार्हति । नरेनरे गुणान्दोषान्सम्यग्वेदितुमर्हति ॥

asaṃviśvāsya vacanaṃ vaktuṃ satsu na cārhati | narenare guṇāndoṣānsamyagveditumarhati

He should not speak words that cannot be trusted before the good. He should be able to discern rightly the virtues and faults in each man.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), line 0945 (13,134.057d@015_0945). Only the second line (Appendix I 15_0945) is in the critical edition's Appendix; the first line, असंविश्वास्य वचनं वक्तुं सत्सु न चार्हति, has no match there (vulgate-only).

Verse 39 (13.212.39)

स्वेङ्गितं वृणुयाद्धैर्यं न कुर्यात्क्षुद्रसंविदम् । परेङ्गितज्ञो लोकेषु भूत्वा संसर्गमाचरेत् ॥

sveṅgitaṃ vṛṇuyāddhairyaṃ na kuryātkṣudrasaṃvidam | pareṅgitajño lokeṣu bhūtvā saṃsargamācaret

He should keep his own intentions hidden, with firmness, and not make a petty compact. Knowing the intentions of others among men, he should then enter into association.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0946-0947 (13,134.057d@015_0946-0947).

Verse 40 (13.212.40)

स्वतश्च परतश्चैव परस्परभयादपि । अमानुषभयेभ्यश्च स्वाः प्रजाः पालयेन्नृपः ॥

svataśca parataścaiva parasparabhayādapi | amānuṣabhayebhyaśca svāḥ prajāḥ pālayennṛpaḥ

From his own side and from others, from mutual fear, and from dangers that are not of men, the king should protect his own people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0948-0949 (13,134.057d@015_0948-0949).

Verse 41 (13.212.41)

लुब्धाः कठोराश्चाप्यस्य मानवा दस्युवृत्तयः । निग्राह्या एव ते राज्ञा सङ्गृहीत्वा यतस्ततः ॥

lubdhāḥ kaṭhorāścāpyasya mānavā dasyuvṛttayaḥ | nigrāhyā eva te rājñā saṅgṛhītvā yatastataḥ

Those men of his who are greedy and harsh and live like robbers must be restrained by the king, seizing them wherever they are found.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0950-0951 (13,134.057d@015_0950-0951).

Verse 42 (13.212.42)

कुमारान्विनयोद्बोधैर्जन्मप्रभृति योजयेत् । तेषामात्मगुणोपेतं यौवराज्येन योजयेत् ॥

kumārānvinayodbodhairjanmaprabhṛti yojayet | teṣāmātmaguṇopetaṃ yauvarājyena yojayet

He should train the princes from birth in discipline and understanding, and appoint to the office of heir-apparent the one among them endowed with good qualities.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0952-0953 (13,134.057d@015_0952-0953).

Verse 43 (13.212.43)

प्रकृतीनां यथा न स्याद्राज्यभ्रंशो भवेद्भयम् । एतत्संचिन्तयेन्नित्यं तद्विधानं तथार्हति ॥

prakṛtīnāṃ yathā na syādrājyabhraṃśo bhavedbhayam | etatsaṃcintayennityaṃ tadvidhānaṃ tathārhati

He should always think how the elements of the state may never have fear of the loss of the kingdom; he is fit to make arrangements for that.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0954-0955 (13,134.057d@015_0954-0955).

Verse 44 (13.212.44)

अराजकं क्षणमपि राज्यं न स्याद्धि शोभने । आत्मनोऽनुविधानाय यौवराज्यं सदेष्यते ॥

arājakaṃ kṣaṇamapi rājyaṃ na syāddhi śobhane | ātmano'nuvidhānāya yauvarājyaṃ sadeṣyate

Not even for a moment should a kingdom be without a king, O lovely lady. For the sake of continuing his own arrangements, the office of heir-apparent is always desired.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0956-0957 (13,134.057d@015_0956-0957).

Verse 45 (13.212.45)

कुलजानां च वैद्यानां श्रोत्रियाणां तपस्विनाम् । अन्येषां वृत्तियुक्तानां विशेषं कर्तुमर्हति ॥

kulajānāṃ ca vaidyānāṃ śrotriyāṇāṃ tapasvinām | anyeṣāṃ vṛttiyuktānāṃ viśeṣaṃ kartumarhati

He should show special regard to the high-born, physicians, Vedic scholars and ascetics, and to others who live by good conduct.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0958-0959 (13,134.057d@015_0958-0959).

Verse 46 (13.212.46)

आत्मार्थं राज्यतन्त्रार्थं कोशार्थं च समाचरेत् । दुर्गाद्राष्ट्रात्समुद्राच्च वणिग्भ्यः पुरुषात्ययात् ॥

ātmārthaṃ rājyatantrārthaṃ kośārthaṃ ca samācaret | durgādrāṣṭrātsamudrācca vaṇigbhyaḥ puruṣātyayāt

For himself, for the machinery of the kingdom and for the treasury, he should draw revenue from forts, from the countryside, from the sea, from merchants, and from fines on offenders.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0960-0961 (13,134.057d@015_0960-0961).

Verse 47 (13.212.47)

परात्मगुणसाराभ्यां भृत्यपोषणमाचरेत् । वाहनानां प्रकुर्वीत पोषणं योधकर्मसु ॥

parātmaguṇasārābhyāṃ bhṛtyapoṣaṇamācaret | vāhanānāṃ prakurvīta poṣaṇaṃ yodhakarmasu

He should support his servants according to the merit and strength of others and of his own, and he should provide for the upkeep of the animals and vehicles used in the work of warriors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0962-0963 (13,134.057d@015_0962-0963).

Verse 48 (13.212.48)

सादरः सततं भूत्वा अवेक्षाव्रतमाचरेत् । चतुर्दा विभजेत्कोशं धर्मभृत्यात्मकारणात् ॥

sādaraḥ satataṃ bhūtvā avekṣāvratamācaret | caturdā vibhajetkośaṃ dharmabhṛtyātmakāraṇāt

Always attentive, he should keep the vow of watchfulness. He should divide the treasury into four parts, for the sake of dharma, his servants and himself,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0964-0965 (13,134.057d@015_0964-0965).

Verse 49 (13.212.49)

आपदर्थं च नीतिज्ञो देशकालवशेन तु । अनाथान्व्यथितान्वृद्धान्स्वे देशे पोषयेन्नृपः ॥

āpadarthaṃ ca nītijño deśakālavaśena tu | anāthānvyathitānvṛddhānsve deśe poṣayennṛpaḥ

and, versed in policy, a part for emergencies, according to place and time. The king should support the helpless, the afflicted and the aged in his own country.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0966-0967 (13,134.057d@015_0966-0967).

Verse 50 (13.212.50)

सन्धिं च विग्रहं चैव तद्विशेषांस्तथा परान् । यथावत्संविमृश्यैव बुद्धिपूर्वं समाचरेत् ॥

sandhiṃ ca vigrahaṃ caiva tadviśeṣāṃstathā parān | yathāvatsaṃvimṛśyaiva buddhipūrvaṃ samācaret

Peace and war, their special forms and the others, he should weigh properly and then act with forethought.

Note on the text: Corrected तथा पारन् → तथा परान् (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; Appendix I 15_0968 has tathāparān). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0968-0969 (13,134.057d@015_0968-0969).

Verse 51 (13.212.51)

सर्वेषां सम्प्रियो भूत्वा मण्डलं सततं चरेत् । शुभेष्वपि च कार्येषु न चैकान्तः समाचरेत् ॥

sarveṣāṃ sampriyo bhūtvā maṇḍalaṃ satataṃ caret | śubheṣvapi ca kāryeṣu na caikāntaḥ samācaret

Dear to all, he should always move within the circle of neighbouring states. Even in beneficial undertakings he should not act one-sidedly.

Note on the text: Corrected कार्येषु च चैकान्तः → कार्येषु न चैकान्तः (misprint in Wikisource; च for न; Appendix I 15_0971 has na caiko 'ntaḥ, and the sense is "not one-sidedly"). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0970-0971 (13,134.057d@015_0970-0971).

Verse 52 (13.212.52)

स्वतश्च परतश्चैव व्यसनानि विमृश्य सः । परेण धार्मिकान्योगान्नातीयाद्द्वेषलोभतः ॥

svataśca parataścaiva vyasanāni vimṛśya saḥ | pareṇa dhārmikānyogānnātīyāddveṣalobhataḥ

Considering calamities, both his own and the enemy's, he should not, out of hatred or greed, overstep righteous principles in dealing with the enemy.

Note on the text: Corrected परेणि → परेण (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि; Appendix I 15_0973 has pareṇa). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0972-0973 (13,134.057d@015_0972-0973).

Verse 53 (13.212.53)

रक्ष्यत्वं वै प्रजाधर्मः क्षत्रधर्मस्तु रक्षणम् । कुनृपैः पीडितास्तस्मात्प्रजाः सर्वत्र पालयेत् ॥

rakṣyatvaṃ vai prajādharmaḥ kṣatradharmastu rakṣaṇam | kunṛpaiḥ pīḍitāstasmātprajāḥ sarvatra pālayet

To be protected is the dharma of the subjects, and protection is the dharma of the warrior class. Therefore he should protect the people everywhere when they are oppressed by wicked kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0974-0975 (13,134.057d@015_0974-0975).

Verse 54 (13.212.54)

यात्राकालेऽनवेक्ष्यैव पश्चात्कोपफलोदयः । तद्युक्ताश्चापदश्चैव शासनादिति चिन्तयेत् ॥

yātrākāle'navekṣyaiva paścātkopaphalodayaḥ | tadyuktāścāpadaścaiva śāsanāditi cintayet

If one sets out on a campaign without regard to its proper time, vexation is the fruit afterwards. Misfortunes also attend one so engaged; in accord with the rule, he should reflect thus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0976-0977 (13,134.057d@015_0976-0977). यात्राकालेऽनवेक्ष्यैव is kept as printed (the Appendix reads yātrākālam avekṣyaiva, without the negative).

Verse 55 (13.212.55)

व्यसनेभ्यो बलं रक्षेन्नयतो व्ययतोऽपि वा । प्रायशो वर्जयेद्युद्धं प्राणरक्षणकारणात् ॥

vyasanebhyo balaṃ rakṣennayato vyayato'pi vā | prāyaśo varjayedyuddhaṃ prāṇarakṣaṇakāraṇāt

He should protect his army from calamities, whether by policy or by expenditure. He should generally avoid war, for the sake of preserving lives.

Note on the text: Corrected व्ययतोपि → व्ययतोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0978-0979 (13,134.057d@015_0978-0979).

Verse 56 (13.212.56)

कारणादेव योद्धव्यं नात्मनः परदोषतः । सुयुद्धे प्राणमोक्षश्च तस्य धर्माय इष्यते ॥

kāraṇādeva yoddhavyaṃ nātmanaḥ paradoṣataḥ | suyuddhe prāṇamokṣaśca tasya dharmāya iṣyate

Fighting should be done only for a cause, not for oneself on account of an enemy's faults. When life is given up in a well-fought battle, it is counted for his dharma.

Note on the text: Corrected कारणादेवि → कारणादेव (misprint in Wikisource; not a word; Appendix I 15_0980 has kāraṇād eva). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0980-0981 (13,134.057d@015_0980-0981).

Verse 57 (13.212.57)

अभियुक्तो बलवता कुर्यादापद्विधिं नृपः । अनुनीय तथा सर्वान्प्रजानां हितकारणात् ॥

abhiyukto balavatā kuryādāpadvidhiṃ nṛpaḥ | anunīya tathā sarvānprajānāṃ hitakāraṇāt

When attacked by a stronger power, the king should adopt the course proper to emergencies, having conciliated everyone for the good of the people.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0982-0983 (13,134.057d@015_0982-0983).

Verse 58 (13.212.58)

अन्यप्रकृतियुक्तानां राज्ञां वृत्तिविचारिणाम् । अन्यांश्चापत्प्रपन्नानां न तान्संयोक्तुमर्हति ॥

anyaprakṛtiyuktānāṃ rājñāṃ vṛttivicāriṇām | anyāṃścāpatprapannānāṃ na tānsaṃyoktumarhati

Kings who are bound up with other elements and study policy, and others who have fallen into misfortune: he ought not to join himself with them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0984-0985 (13,134.057d@015_0984-0985).

Verse 59 (13.212.59)

शुभाशुभं यदा देवि व्रतं तूभयसाधनम् । आत्मैव तच्छुभं कुर्यादशुभं योजयेत्परान् ॥

śubhāśubhaṃ yadā devi vrataṃ tūbhayasādhanam | ātmaiva tacchubhaṃ kuryādaśubhaṃ yojayetparān

When a course, O goddess, serves both good and bad ends, he should do the good part himself and assign the bad to others.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0986-0987 (13,134.057d@015_0986-0987).

Verse 60 (13.212.60)

एवमुद्देशतः प्रोक्तमलेपत्वं यथा भवेत् । एष देवि समासेन राजधर्मः प्रकीर्तितः ॥

evamuddeśataḥ proktamalepatvaṃ yathā bhavet | eṣa devi samāsena rājadharmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

Thus has been told in brief how one may remain free of taint. This, goddess, is the dharma of kings, declared concisely.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0988-0989 (13,134.057d@015_0988-0989).

Verse 61 (13.212.61)

एवं संवर्तमानस्तु दण्डयन्भर्त्सयन्प्रजाः । निष्कल्मषमवाप्नोति पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥

evaṃ saṃvartamānastu daṇḍayanbhartsayanprajāḥ | niṣkalmaṣamavāpnoti padmapatramivāmbhasā

Conducting himself thus, punishing and rebuking the people, he attains freedom from stain, as a lotus leaf is untouched by water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0990-0991 (13,134.057d@015_0990-0991).

Verse 62 (13.212.62)

एवं संवर्तमानस्य कालधर्मो यदा भवेत् । स्वर्गलोके तदा राजा त्रिदशैः सह तोष्यते ॥

evaṃ saṃvartamānasya kāladharmo yadā bhavet | svargaloke tadā rājā tridaśaiḥ saha toṣyate

When death comes to one who has so conducted himself, the king is welcomed with joy in the world of heaven by the thirty gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0992-0993 (13,134.057d@015_0992-0993).

Verse 63 (13.212.63)

द्विविधं राज्यवृत्तं च न्यायभाग्यसमन्वितम् । एवं न्यायानुगं वृत्तं कथितं ते शुभेक्षणे ॥

dvividhaṃ rājyavṛttaṃ ca nyāyabhāgyasamanvitam | evaṃ nyāyānugaṃ vṛttaṃ kathitaṃ te śubhekṣaṇe

The king's conduct is twofold, endowed with justice and with fortune. The conduct that follows justice has thus been told to you, O fair-eyed lady.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0994-0995 (13,134.057d@015_0994-0995).

Verse 64 (13.212.64)

राज्यं न्यायानुगं तात बुद्धिशास्त्रानुगं भवेत् । धर्म्यं पथ्यं यशस्यं च स्वर्ग्यं चैव तथा भवेत् ॥

rājyaṃ nyāyānugaṃ tāta buddhiśāstrānugaṃ bhavet | dharmyaṃ pathyaṃ yaśasyaṃ ca svargyaṃ caiva tathā bhavet

A kingdom that follows justice, dear one, that follows intelligence and the scriptures, becomes righteous, beneficial, glorious and heavenly as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 0996-0997 (13,134.057d@015_0996-0997). Wikisource's तात corresponds to the Appendix's nāma (15_0996). Three Appendix lines that follow this verse (15_0998-1000, daivapakṣye sati nṛpe ... tatra nyāyānugaṃ bhavet) are absent from Wikisource and are not added.

Verse 65 (13.212.65)

राज्यं भाग्यानुगं नाम अयथावत्प्रदृश्यते । तत्तु शास्त्रविनिर्मुक्तं सतां कोपकरं भवेत् । अधर्म्यमयशस्यं च दुरन्तं च भवेद्ध्रुवम् ॥

rājyaṃ bhāgyānugaṃ nāma ayathāvatpradṛśyate | tattu śāstravinirmuktaṃ satāṃ kopakaraṃ bhavet | adharmyamayaśasyaṃ ca durantaṃ ca bhaveddhruvam

A kingdom that follows fortune, so called, is seen to lack proper order. Freed from the scriptures, it provokes the anger of the good, and it is unrighteous, inglorious and surely ends badly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1001-1003 (13,134.057d@015_1001-1003).

Verse 66 (13.212.66)

यत्र स्वच्छन्दतः सर्वं क्रियते कर्म राजभिः । तत्र भाग्यवशाद्भृत्या लभन्ते न विशेषतः ॥

yatra svacchandataḥ sarvaṃ kriyate karma rājabhiḥ | tatra bhāgyavaśādbhṛtyā labhante na viśeṣataḥ

Where kings do every act just as they please, there, by the sway of fortune, servants receive no distinction according to merit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1004-1005 (13,134.057d@015_1004-1005).

Verse 67 (13.212.67)

यत्र दण्ड्या न दण्ड्यन्ते पूज्यन्ते वा नराधमाः । यत्र सन्तोऽपि हन्यन्ते तत्र भाग्यानुगं भवेत् ॥

yatra daṇḍyā na daṇḍyante pūjyante vā narādhamāḥ | yatra santo'pi hanyante tatra bhāgyānugaṃ bhavet

Where the punishable are not punished, or the lowest of men are honoured, and even the good are slain, that is a kingdom that follows fortune.

Note on the text: Corrected सन्तोपि → सन्तोऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1006-1007 (13,134.057d@015_1006-1007).

Verse 68 (13.212.68)

शुभाशुभं यथा यत्र विपरीतं प्रदृश्यते । राज्ञि चासुरपक्षे तु तत्र भाग्यानुगं भवेत् ॥

śubhāśubhaṃ yathā yatra viparītaṃ pradṛśyate | rājñi cāsurapakṣe tu tatra bhāgyānugaṃ bhavet

Where good and bad are seen reversed, and the king is on the side of the asuras, there the kingdom follows fortune.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1008-1009 (13,134.057d@015_1008-1009).

Verse 69 (13.212.69)

भाग्यानुगे तु राजानो वर्तमाना यथातथा । प्राप्याकीर्तिमनर्थं च इह लोके शुभेक्षणे ॥

bhāgyānuge tu rājāno vartamānā yathātathā | prāpyākīrtimanarthaṃ ca iha loke śubhekṣaṇe

Kings who act in the manner of fortune-following rule, however it may be, gain infamy and ruin in this world, O fair-eyed lady,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1010-1011 (13,134.057d@015_1010-1011).

Verse 70 (13.212.70)

परत्र सुमहाघोरं तमः प्राप्य दुरत्ययम् । तिष्ठन्ति नरके देवि प्रलयान्तादिति स्थितिः ॥

paratra sumahāghoraṃ tamaḥ prāpya duratyayam | tiṣṭhanti narake devi pralayāntāditi sthitiḥ

and in the next world they enter a terrible darkness that is hard to cross. They remain in hell, O goddess, until the end of the cycle; such is the rule.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1012-1013 (13,134.057d@015_1012-1013).

Verse 71 (13.212.71)

मोक्षं दुष्कृतिनां चापि विद्यते कालपर्ययात् । नास्त्येव मोक्षणं देवि राज्ञां दुष्कृतिकारिणाम् ॥

mokṣaṃ duṣkṛtināṃ cāpi vidyate kālaparyayāt | nāstyeva mokṣaṇaṃ devi rājñāṃ duṣkṛtikāriṇām

Even for evildoers release does exist, with the turning of time; but for kings who commit evil deeds, O goddess, there is no release at all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1014-1015 (13,134.057d@015_1014-1015).

Verse 72 (13.212.72)

एतत्सर्वं समासेन राजवृत्तं शुभाशुभम् । कथितं ते महाभागे भूयः श्रोतुं किमिच्छसि ॥

etatsarvaṃ samāsena rājavṛttaṃ śubhāśubham | kathitaṃ te mahābhāge bhūyaḥ śrotuṃ kimicchasi

All this, in brief, the conduct of kings, good and bad, has been told to you, O greatly blessed lady. What more do you wish to hear?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 1016-1017 (13,134.057d@015_1016-1017).