तस्करेभ्यो नियुक्तेभ्यः शत्रुभ्यो नृप-वल्लभात् । नृपतिर्निज-लोभाच्च प्रजा रक्षेत्पितेव हि ॥
taskarebhyo niyuktebhyaḥ śatrubhyo nṛpa-vallabhāt | nṛpatirnija-lobhācca prajā rakṣetpiteva hi ||
A king should protect his people as a father would: from thieves, from his own officials, from enemies, from the king's favourites, and from his own greed.
राजा को पिता की तरह प्रजा की रक्षा करनी चाहिए: चोरों से, अपने अधिकारियों से, शत्रुओं से, राजा के चहेतों से, और अपने स्वयं के लोभ से।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
Anyone responsible for others, a manager, a parent, an official, must guard them not only from outside threats but from insiders, favourites and their own self-interest. The last is the hardest.
दूसरों का ज़िम्मेदार हर व्यक्ति, मैनेजर, माता-पिता या अधिकारी, उन्हें केवल बाहर के खतरों से नहीं बल्कि भीतर के लोगों, चहेतों और अपने स्वार्थ से भी बचाए। आख़िरी सबसे कठिन है।
In the story of the lion Piṅgalaka and the bull Sañjīvaka, Piṅgalaka's brother Stabdhakarṇa advises him on whom to put in charge of the treasury ends his advice on the king's duty to protect the people.