History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.138
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.138
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⁸¹ प्रजासुखे सुखी राजा तद्दुःखेषु यश्च दुःखितः। स कीर्तियुक्तो लोकेस्मिन् प्रेत्य स्वर्गे महीयते ॥ विष्णुधर्मसूत्र III. last verse quoted in राजधर्मकाण्ड p. 15; कृत्वा सर्वाणि कार्याणि सम्यक् संपाल्य मेदिनीम् । पालयित्वा तथा पौरान् परत्र सुखमेधते ॥ किं तस्य तपसा राज्ञः किं च तस्याध्वरैरपि । सुपालितप्रजो यः स्यात्सर्वधर्मविदेव सः ॥ शान्ति. 69. 72-73. These words remind one of the famous proclamation of Queen Victoria in 1857 (called an impossible charter by a notably energetic but retrograde Viceroy) which breathes the same high and noble sentiments 'in their prosperity will be our strength, in their contentment our security and in their gratitude our best reward'.
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- Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit