ya uddharet karaṁ rājā
ya uddharet karaṁ rājā
prajā dharmeṣv aśikṣayan
prajānāṁ śamalaṁ bhuṅkte
bhagaṁ ca svaṁ jahāti saḥ
The King who levies taxes without teaching the citizens about the principles of dharma suffers the sins of the citizens and loses his own good fortune.
However, among my duties, the chief and constant one is to institute dharma. Without doing that, I meet with misfortune. Bhāgam means wealth and power.
|| 4.21.25 ||
tat prajā bhartṛ-piṇḍārthaṁ
svārtham evānasūyavaḥ
kurutādhokṣaja-dhiyas
tarhi me 'nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ
Citizens! Therefore, perform your duties without envy for the welfare of me, your protector, after death. Thinkers of the Lord! By that, you will show me mercy.
Therefore (tat) O citizens! Like offerings after death for the person’s welfare, you should do your duties for my benefit after death. If you do your duties, I will become successful. Let me not have rebirth in this world. He describes the individual duty. O persons who place their intelligence in the Lord (adhokṣaja-dhiyaḥ) Worship the Lord! This is confirmed by the Gītā statement mayyeva mana ādhatsva mayi buddhiṁ niveśaya: fix your mind in me and place your intelligence in me. (BG 12.8)
|| 4.21.26 ||
yūyaṁ tad anumodadhvaṁ
pitṛ-devarṣayo 'malāḥ
kartuḥ śāstur anujñātus
tulyaṁ yat pretya tat phalam
I request you pure devatās, Pitṛs and sages to approve of this, for after death the result is equally shared by the performer, the person who gives him the order, and the one who approves it.
Duties give their full effect if approved by all. Equal result is shared in the next life by the person who teaches the duty, the performer of the duty and those who approve the duty.
|| 4.21.27 ||
asti yajña-patir nāma
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