The King's Hunt and the Honour Due to Brahmins

Verse 1 (13.215.1)

मृगयात्रां तु वक्ष्यामि शृणु तां धर्मचारिणि । मृगान्हत्वा महीपालो यथा पापैर्न लिप्यते ॥

mṛgayātrāṃ tu vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tāṃ dharmacāriṇi | mṛgānhatvā mahīpālo yathā pāpairna lipyate

I shall now tell you of the royal hunt, O you who walk in dharma: how a king may kill deer and yet not be stained by sin.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1271-1272; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Corrected धर्मिचारिणि → धर्मचारिणि (misprint in Wikisource; धर्मिचारिणि is not a word; the critical edition has धर्मचारिणि).

Verse 2 (13.215.2)

निर्मानुषामिमां सर्वे मृगा इच्छन्ति मेदिनीम् । भक्षयन्ति च सस्यानि शासितव्या नृपेण ते ॥

nirmānuṣāmimāṃ sarve mṛgā icchanti medinīm | bhakṣayanti ca sasyāni śāsitavyā nṛpeṇa te

All the deer wish this earth empty of men, and they devour the crops; therefore the king must keep them in check.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1273-1274; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 3 (13.215.3)

दुष्टानां शासनं धर्मः शिष्टानां परिपालनम् । कर्तव्यं भूमिपालेन नित्यं कार्येषु चार्जवम् । स्वर्गं मृगाश्च गच्छन्ति स्वयं नृपतिना हताः ॥

duṣṭānāṃ śāsanaṃ dharmaḥ śiṣṭānāṃ paripālanam | kartavyaṃ bhūmipālena nityaṃ kāryeṣu cārjavam | svargaṃ mṛgāśca gacchanti svayaṃ nṛpatinā hatāḥ

Punishing the wicked and protecting the good is dharma; a king must always do this, and be upright in all his undertakings. Deer slain by the king's own hand go to heaven.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1275-1277; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 4 (13.215.4)

यथा गावो ह्यगोपालास्तथा राष्ट्रमनायकम् । तस्मादंशास्तु देवानां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् । राज्ये नियुक्ता राष्ट्रेषु प्रजापालनकारणात् ॥

yathā gāvo hyagopālāstathā rāṣṭramanāyakam | tasmādaṃśāstu devānāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām | rājye niyuktā rāṣṭreṣu prajāpālanakāraṇāt

As cattle are without a herdsman, so is a kingdom without a leader. Therefore portions of the gods, gandharvas, serpents and rakshasas are placed in the realms as rulers, for the protection of the people.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1278-1280; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 5 (13.215.5)

अशिष्टशासने चैव शिष्टानां परिपालने । तेषां चर्यां प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतामनुपूर्वशः ॥

aśiṣṭaśāsane caiva śiṣṭānāṃ paripālane | teṣāṃ caryāṃ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāmanupūrvaśaḥ

Now I shall describe the conduct of such kings in punishing the lawless and protecting the good; listen to it in due order.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1281-1282; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 6 (13.215.6)

यथा प्रचरतां तेषां पार्थिवानां यशस्विनाम् । राष्ट्रं धर्मो धनं चैव यशः कीर्तिश्च वर्धते ॥

yathā pracaratāṃ teṣāṃ pārthivānāṃ yaśasvinām | rāṣṭraṃ dharmo dhanaṃ caiva yaśaḥ kīrtiśca vardhate

When those renowned kings conduct themselves in this way, their kingdom, dharma, wealth, fame and glory grow.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1283-1284; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 7 (13.215.7)

नृपाणां पूर्वमेवायं धर्मो धर्मभृतांवर । सभाप्रपातटाकानि देवतायतनानि च । ब्राह्मणावसथाश्चैव कर्तव्या नृपसत्तमैः ॥

nṛpāṇāṃ pūrvamevāyaṃ dharmo dharmabhṛtāṃvara | sabhāprapātaṭākāni devatāyatanāni ca | brāhmaṇāvasathāścaiva kartavyā nṛpasattamaiḥ

O best of those who uphold dharma, this has been the duty of kings from of old: the best of kings should build assembly halls, water-huts, tanks, temples of the gods, and lodgings for brahmins.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1285-1287; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 8 (13.215.8)

ब्राह्मणा नावमन्तव्या भस्मच्छन्ना इवाग्नयः । कुलमुत्सादयेयुस्ते क्रोधाविष्टा द्विजातयः ॥

brāhmaṇā nāvamantavyā bhasmacchannā ivāgnayaḥ | kulamutsādayeyuste krodhāviṣṭā dvijātayaḥ

Brahmins must not be despised; they are like fires hidden under ash. Filled with anger, the twice-born could uproot a whole family.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1288-1289; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 9 (13.215.9)

ध्मायमानो यथा ह्यग्निर्निर्दहेत्सर्वमिन्धनम् । तथा क्रोधाग्निना विप्रा दहेयुः पृथिवीमिमाम् । न हि विप्रेषु क्रुद्धेषु राज्यं भुञ्जन्ति भूमिपाः ॥

dhmāyamāno yathā hyagnirnirdahetsarvamindhanam | tathā krodhāgninā viprā daheyuḥ pṛthivīmimām | na hi vipreṣu kruddheṣu rājyaṃ bhuñjanti bhūmipāḥ

As a fire, once fanned, burns up all its fuel, so brahmins with the fire of their anger could burn this whole earth. When brahmins are angry, kings do not enjoy their kingdoms.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1290-1292; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Corrected यता ह्यग्नि → यथा ह्यग्नि (misprint in Wikisource; यता for यथा; the critical edition has यथा).

Verse 10 (13.215.10)

परिभूय द्विजान्मोहाद्वातापिनहुषादयः । सबन्धुमित्रा नष्टास्ते दग्धा ब्राह्मणमन्युभिः । शरीरं चापि शक्रस्य कृतं भगनिरन्तरम् ॥

paribhūya dvijānmohādvātāpinahuṣādayaḥ | sabandhumitrā naṣṭāste dagdhā brāhmaṇamanyubhiḥ | śarīraṃ cāpi śakrasya kṛtaṃ bhaganirantaram

Vatapi, Nahusha and others, who in their delusion despised brahmins, were destroyed together with their kinsmen and friends, burned by the wrath of brahmins. Even the body of Shakra was covered all over, without a gap, with bhagas.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1293-1295; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 11 (13.215.11)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे इन्द्रस्यार्थे महामुनिम् । प्रसादं कारयामासुः प्रणामस्तुतिवन्दनैः ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve indrasyārthe mahāmunim | prasādaṃ kārayāmāsuḥ praṇāmastutivandanaiḥ

Then all the hosts of the gods, for Indra's sake, won the great sage over with bows, praises and salutations.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1296-1297; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Corrected प्रणासस्तुति → प्रणामस्तुति (misprint in Wikisource; praṇāsa is not a word; the critical edition has praṇāmastuti).

Verse 12 (13.215.12)

तेन प्रीतेन सुश्रोणि गौतमेन महात्मना । तच्छरीरं तु शक्रस्य सहस्रभगचिह्नितम् । कृतं नेत्रसहस्रेण क्षणेनैव निरन्तरम् ॥

tena prītena suśroṇi gautamena mahātmanā | taccharīraṃ tu śakrasya sahasrabhagacihnitam | kṛtaṃ netrasahasreṇa kṣaṇenaiva nirantaram

Pleased by this, O fair-hipped one, the great-souled Gautama in a moment turned that body of Shakra, marked with a thousand bhagas, into one set thick with a thousand eyes.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1298-1300; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 13 (13.215.13)

छित्त्वा मेषस्य वृषणौ गौतमेनाभिमन्त्रितौ । इन्द्रस्य वृषणौ भूत्वा क्षिप्रं वै श्लेषमागतौ ॥

chittvā meṣasya vṛṣaṇau gautamenābhimantritau | indrasya vṛṣaṇau bhūtvā kṣipraṃ vai śleṣamāgatau

Cutting off the testicles of a ram and consecrating them with a mantra, Gautama made them become Indra's own testicles, and they quickly joined to him.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1301-1302; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 14 (13.215.14)

एवं विप्रेषु क्रुद्धेषु देवराजः शतक्रतुः । अशक्तः शासितुं राज्यं किंपुनर्मानुषा भुवि ॥

evaṃ vipreṣu kruddheṣu devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ | aśaktaḥ śāsituṃ rājyaṃ kiṃpunarmānuṣā bhuvi

So when brahmins are angry, even Indra, lord of the gods and performer of a hundred sacrifices, cannot rule his kingdom. What then of men on earth?

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1303-1304; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 15 (13.215.15)

क्रोधाविष्टो दहेद्विप्रः शुष्केन्धनमिवानलः । भस्मीकृत्य जगत्सर्वं सृजेदन्यज्जगत्पुनः ॥

krodhāviṣṭo dahedvipraḥ śuṣkendhanamivānalaḥ | bhasmīkṛtya jagatsarvaṃ sṛjedanyajjagatpunaḥ

A brahmin filled with anger could burn like a fire on dry fuel; having reduced the whole world to ashes, he could create another world again.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1305-1306; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 16 (13.215.16)

अदेवानपि देवान्स कुर्याद्देवानदेवताः । तस्मान्नोत्पादयेन्मन्युं मन्युप्रहरणा द्विजाः ॥

adevānapi devānsa kuryāddevānadevatāḥ | tasmānnotpādayenmanyuṃ manyupraharaṇā dvijāḥ

He could make non-gods into gods, and gods into non-gods. Therefore one must not rouse the anger of brahmins, whose weapon is wrath.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1307-1308; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 17 (13.215.17)

महत्स्वप्यपराधेषु शासनं नार्हति द्विजः । न च शस्त्रनिपातानि न च प्राणैर्वियोजनम् । दृश्यते त्रिषु लोकेषु ब्राह्मणानामनिन्दिते ॥

mahatsvapyaparādheṣu śāsanaṃ nārhati dvijaḥ | na ca śastranipātāni na ca prāṇairviyojanam | dṛśyate triṣu lokeṣu brāhmaṇānāmanindite

Even for grave offences a brahmin is not fit to be punished. O blameless one, in the three worlds no striking of weapons upon brahmins, and no severing them from life, is seen.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1309-1311; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Corrected ब्राह्ममानामनिन्दिते → ब्राह्मणानामनिन्दिते (misprint in Wikisource; broken akshara; the critical edition has brāhmaṇānām anindite).

Verse 18 (13.215.18)

क्रोधाश्च विपुला घोराः प्रसादाश्चाप्यनुत्तमाः । तस्मान्नोत्पादयेत्क्रोधं नित्यं पूज्या द्विजातयः ॥

krodhāśca vipulā ghorāḥ prasādāścāpyanuttamāḥ | tasmānnotpādayetkrodhaṃ nityaṃ pūjyā dvijātayaḥ

Their angers are vast and terrible, but their favours too are unsurpassed. So one should never provoke their anger; the twice-born are always to be honoured.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1312-1313; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 19 (13.215.19)

दृश्यते न स लोकेऽस्मिन्भूते वाऽथ भविष्यति । क्रुद्धेषु यो वै विप्रेषु राज्यं भुङ्क्ते नराधिपः ॥

dṛśyate na sa loke'sminbhūte vā'tha bhaviṣyati | kruddheṣu yo vai vipreṣu rājyaṃ bhuṅkte narādhipaḥ

No king has been seen in this world, in the past or in the future, who enjoys his kingdom while brahmins are angry with him.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1314-1315; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 20 (13.215.20)

न चैवापहसेद्विप्रान्न चैवोपालभेच्च तान् । कालमासाद्य कुप्येच्च काले कुर्यादनुग्रहम् ॥

na caivāpahasedviprānna caivopālabhecca tān | kālamāsādya kupyecca kāle kuryādanugraham

He should never laugh at brahmins or reproach them. Having found the right moment he may show anger, and at the right moment show favour.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1316-1317; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Corrected विप्रान्नि चैवोपालभेच्च → विप्रान्न चैवोपालभेच्च (misprint in Wikisource; नि for न; the critical edition has na caivopālabhec ca).

Verse 21 (13.215.21)

सम्प्रहासश्च भृत्येषु न कर्तव्यो नराधिपैः । लघुत्वं चैव प्राप्नोति आज्ञा चास्य निवर्तते ॥

samprahāsaśca bhṛtyeṣu na kartavyo narādhipaiḥ | laghutvaṃ caiva prāpnoti ājñā cāsya nivartate

Kings should not indulge in jesting with their servants. He grows light in their eyes, and his command loses its force.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1318-1319; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 22 (13.215.22)

भृत्यानां सम्प्रहासेन पार्थिवः परिभूयते । अयाच्यानि च याचन्ति अवक्तव्यं ब्रुवन्ति च ॥

bhṛtyānāṃ samprahāsena pārthivaḥ paribhūyate | ayācyāni ca yācanti avaktavyaṃ bruvanti ca

By jesting with servants a king comes to be despised. They ask for what should not be asked and say what should not be said.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1320-1321; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 23 (13.215.23)

पूर्वमप्यर्पितैर्लोभैः परितोषं न यान्ति ते । तस्माद्भृत्येषु नृपतिः सम्प्रहासं विवर्जयेत् ॥

pūrvamapyarpitairlobhaiḥ paritoṣaṃ na yānti te | tasmādbhṛtyeṣu nṛpatiḥ samprahāsaṃ vivarjayet

In their greed they are never satisfied, even with what was granted them before. Therefore a king should avoid jesting with his servants.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1322-1323; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 24 (13.215.24)

न विश्वसेदविश्वस्ते विश्वस्ते नातिविश्वसेत् । सगोत्रेषु विशेषेण सर्वोपायैर्न विश्वसेत् ॥

na viśvasedaviśvaste viśvaste nātiviśvaset | sagotreṣu viśeṣeṇa sarvopāyairna viśvaset

Do not trust the untrustworthy, and do not trust even the trusted too far. Above all, never trust one's own kinsmen, by any means.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1324-1325; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 25 (13.215.25)

विश्वासाद्भयमुत्पन्नं हन्याद्वृक्षमिवाशनिः । प्रमादाद्धन्यते राजा लोभेन च वशीकृतः । तस्मात्प्रमादं लोभं च न च कुर्यान्न विश्वसेत् ॥

viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ hanyādvṛkṣamivāśaniḥ | pramādāddhanyate rājā lobhena ca vaśīkṛtaḥ | tasmātpramādaṃ lobhaṃ ca na ca kuryānna viśvaset

Danger born of trust strikes a man down as lightning strikes a tree. A king is killed by negligence and by falling under the sway of greed. So let him be neither negligent nor greedy, nor trust blindly.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1326-1328; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 26 (13.215.26)

भयार्तानां भयत्राता दीनानुग्रहकारणात् । कार्याकार्यविशेषज्ञो नित्यं राष्ट्रहिते रतः ॥

bhayārtānāṃ bhayatrātā dīnānugrahakāraṇāt | kāryākāryaviśeṣajño nityaṃ rāṣṭrahite rataḥ

He should be a protector of the frightened, gracious to the wretched, discerning in what should and should not be done, and always devoted to the good of the realm.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1329-1330; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 27 (13.215.27)

सत्यसन्धः स्थितो राज्ये प्रजापालनतत्परः । अलुब्धो न्यायवादी च षड्भागमुपजीवति ॥

satyasandhaḥ sthito rājye prajāpālanatatparaḥ | alubdho nyāyavādī ca ṣaḍbhāgamupajīvati

Faithful to his pledged word, established in his kingdom, devoted to the protection of his subjects, free from greed and just in speech, he lives on a sixth share.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1331-1332; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 28 (13.215.28)

कार्याकार्यविशेषज्ञः सर्वं धर्मेण पश्यति । स्वराष्ट्रेषु दयां कुर्यादकार्ये न प्रवर्तते ॥

kāryākāryaviśeṣajñaḥ sarvaṃ dharmeṇa paśyati | svarāṣṭreṣu dayāṃ kuryādakārye na pravartate

Knowing what should and should not be done, he sees everything through dharma. He should show compassion in his own realms and not engage in what ought not to be done.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1333-1334; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 29 (13.215.29)

ये चैवैनं प्रशंसन्ति ये च निन्दन्ति मानवाः । शत्रुं च मित्रवत्पश्येदपराधविवर्जितम् ॥

ye caivainaṃ praśaṃsanti ye ca nindanti mānavāḥ | śatruṃ ca mitravatpaśyedaparādhavivarjitam

Whether men praise him or blame him, he should regard even an enemy who is free of offence as a friend.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1335-1336; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 30 (13.215.30)

अपराधानुरूपेण दुष्टं दण्डेन शासयेत् । धर्मः प्रवर्तते तत्र यत्र दण्डरुचिर्नृपः । न धर्मो विद्यते तत्र यत्र राजा क्षमान्वितः ॥

aparādhānurūpeṇa duṣṭaṃ daṇḍena śāsayet | dharmaḥ pravartate tatra yatra daṇḍarucirnṛpaḥ | na dharmo vidyate tatra yatra rājā kṣamānvitaḥ

He should punish the wicked with a penalty fitting the offence. Dharma flourishes where the king delights in the rod; where the king is given to forgiveness there is no dharma.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1337-1339; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 31 (13.215.31)

अशिष्टशासनं धर्मः शिष्टानां परिपालनम् । वध्यांश्च घातयेद्यस्तु अवध्यान्परिरक्षति ॥

aśiṣṭaśāsanaṃ dharmaḥ śiṣṭānāṃ paripālanam | vadhyāṃśca ghātayedyastu avadhyānparirakṣati

Punishing the lawless and protecting the good is dharma, for the man who has the killable put to death and keeps safe those who are not to be killed.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1340-1341; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Corrected अवध्यानपरिरक्षति → अवध्यान्परिरक्षति (misprint in Wikisource; stray अ; the critical edition has avadhyān parirakṣati).

Verse 32 (13.215.32)

अवध्या ब्राह्मणा गावो दूताश्चैव पिता तथा । विद्यां ग्राहयते यश्च ये च पूर्वोपकारिणः । स्त्रियश्चैव न हन्तव्या यच्च सर्वातिथिर्नरः ॥

avadhyā brāhmaṇā gāvo dūtāścaiva pitā tathā | vidyāṃ grāhayate yaśca ye ca pūrvopakāriṇaḥ | striyaścaiva na hantavyā yacca sarvātithirnaraḥ

Not to be killed are brahmins, cows, envoys, one's father, one who teaches learning, those who have done one a kindness in the past, women, and a man who is a guest to all.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1342-1344; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 33 (13.215.33)

धरणीं गां हिरण्यं च सिद्धान्नं च तिलान्घृतम् । ददन्नित्यं द्विजातिभ्यो मुच्यते राजकिल्बिषात् ॥

dharaṇīṃ gāṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca siddhānnaṃ ca tilānghṛtam | dadannityaṃ dvijātibhyo mucyate rājakilbiṣāt

By constantly giving the twice-born land, cows, gold, cooked grain, sesame and ghee, a king is freed from the guilt of kingship.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1345-1346; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 34 (13.215.34)

एवं चरति यो नित्यं राजा राष्ट्रहिते रतः । तस्य राष्ट्रं धनं धर्मो यशः कीर्तिश्च वर्धते । न च पापैर्न चानर्थैर्युज्यते स नराधिपः ॥

evaṃ carati yo nityaṃ rājā rāṣṭrahite rataḥ | tasya rāṣṭraṃ dhanaṃ dharmo yaśaḥ kīrtiśca vardhate | na ca pāpairna cānarthairyujyate sa narādhipaḥ

A king who always acts in this way, devoted to the good of the realm, sees his kingdom, wealth, dharma, fame and glory grow, and is touched by neither sins nor misfortunes.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1347-1349; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 35 (13.215.35)

षड्भागमुपभुञ्जानः प्रजा राजा न रक्षति । स्वचक्रपरचक्राभ्यां धर्मैर्वा विक्रमेण वा ॥

ṣaḍbhāgamupabhuñjānaḥ prajā rājā na rakṣati | svacakraparacakrābhyāṃ dharmairvā vikrameṇa vā

A king may enjoy his sixth share and yet not protect his subjects, whether by just means or by valour, from his own army or from the enemy's.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1350-1351; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 36 (13.215.36)

निरुद्योगो नृपो यश्च परराष्ट्रनिघातने । स्वराष्ट्रं निष्प्रतापस्य परचक्रेण हन्यते ॥

nirudyogo nṛpo yaśca pararāṣṭranighātane | svarāṣṭraṃ niṣpratāpasya paracakreṇa hanyate

A king who makes no effort to strike at other kingdoms, and so lacks splendour, sees his own kingdom destroyed by the enemy's army.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1352-1353; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 37 (13.215.37)

यत्पापं सकलं राजा हतराष्ट्रः प्रपद्यते । मातुलं भागिनेयं वा मातरं श्वशुरं गुरुम् ॥

yatpāpaṃ sakalaṃ rājā hatarāṣṭraḥ prapadyate | mātulaṃ bhāgineyaṃ vā mātaraṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum

Whatever sin there is, the king whose realm has been destroyed takes the whole of it upon himself. A maternal uncle, a sister's son, a mother, a father-in-law, a teacher,

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1355-1356; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. The first line is a conflated version of two lines of the Appendix text (lines 1354 "yat pāpaṃ paracakrasya paracakrābhighātane" and 1355 "tat pāpaṃ sakalaṃ rājā hatarāṣṭraḥ prapadyate"); the base text has only the one line, kept as printed.

Verse 38 (13.215.38)

पितरं वर्जयित्वैकं हन्याद्धातकमागतम् ॥

pitaraṃ varjayitvaikaṃ hanyāddhātakamāgatam

excepting only one's father, one should kill an assailant who has come to kill.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), line 1357; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. A single line in Wikisource (13-215-38a), as in the Appendix text, where it completes the couplet begun by 37b.

Verse 39 (13.215.39)

स्वस्य राष्ट्रस्य रक्षार्थं युध्यमानश्च यो हतः । सङ्ग्रामे परचक्रेण श्रूयतां तस्य या गतिः ॥

svasya rāṣṭrasya rakṣārthaṃ yudhyamānaśca yo hataḥ | saṅgrāme paracakreṇa śrūyatāṃ tasya yā gatiḥ

Hear now the destination of one who is killed by the enemy's army in battle while fighting to protect his own kingdom.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1358-1359; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept). Corrected युद्यमानश्च → युध्यमानश्च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped dha; the critical edition has yudhyamānas).

Verse 40 (13.215.40)

विमानेन वरारोहे अप्सरोगणसेवितः । शक्रलोकमितो याति सङ्ग्रामे निहतो नृपः ॥

vimānena varārohe apsarogaṇasevitaḥ | śakralokamito yāti saṅgrāme nihato nṛpaḥ

O fair-hipped one, a king slain in battle goes from here to Shakra's world in a celestial car, attended by throngs of apsarases.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1360-1361; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 41 (13.215.41)

यावन्तो रोमकूपाः स्युस्तस्य गात्रेषु सुन्दरि । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि शक्रलोके महीयते ॥

yāvanto romakūpāḥ syustasya gātreṣu sundari | tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi śakraloke mahīyate

As many pores of hair as there are on his body, O beautiful one, so many thousands of years he is honoured in Shakra's world.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1362-1363; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 42 (13.215.42)

यदि वै मानुषे लोके कदाचिदुपपद्यते । राजा वा राजमात्रो वा भूयो भवति वीर्यवान् ॥

yadi vai mānuṣe loke kadācidupapadyate | rājā vā rājamātro vā bhūyo bhavati vīryavān

If he is ever born again in the world of men, he becomes once more a man of power, whether as a king or as a man of royal standing.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1364-1365; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 43 (13.215.43)

तस्माद्यत्नेन कर्तव्यं स्वराष्ट्रपरिपालनम् । व्यवहाराश्च चारश्च सततं सत्यसन्धता ॥

tasmādyatnena kartavyaṃ svarāṣṭraparipālanam | vyavahārāśca cāraśca satataṃ satyasandhatā

Therefore every effort should be made to protect one's own kingdom: sound administration of justice, watchfulness through spies, and unfailing fidelity to one's word.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1366-1367; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null. Wording differs from the Appendix text in places (recension variant, kept).

Verse 44 (13.215.44)

अप्रमादः प्रमोदश्च व्यवसायेऽप्यचण्डता । भरणं चैव भृत्यानां वाहनानां च पोषणम् ॥

apramādaḥ pramodaśca vyavasāye'pyacaṇḍatā | bharaṇaṃ caiva bhṛtyānāṃ vāhanānāṃ ca poṣaṇam

Vigilance and cheerfulness, mildness in undertakings, the maintenance of servants, and the feeding of carriage animals.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1368-1369; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.

Verse 45 (13.215.45)

योधानां चैव सत्कारः कृते कर्मण्यमोघता । श्रेय एव नरेन्द्राणामिह चैव परत्र च ॥

yodhānāṃ caiva satkāraḥ kṛte karmaṇyamoghatā | śreya eva narendrāṇāmiha caiva paratra ca

Honouring warriors, and seeing that what has been done does not go in vain: this alone is the highest good for kings, here and hereafter.

Note on the text: Appendix I No. 15 of the critical edition (13.134.57d@15), lines 1370-1371; not in the critical edition's main text. ce_ref left null.