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Rajno hi paramo dharmah swadharmastha anupalanam
Sasato anyan yatha sastram anapat utpathani ha.
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Rajno—of the king or the executive head, Hi—certainly, Dharmah—occupational duty, Paramo—supreme, Swadharmastha—one who is faithful to his prescribed duty, Anupalanam—giving protection always, Sasato—while ruling over, Anyan—others, Yatha—accordingly, Sastram—rulings of Scriptures, Anapat—without danger, Utpathani—persons going astray, Ha—as a matter of fact.
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It is the supreme duty of the ruling king to give all protection to the law abiding persons while chastising others as they are ordained in the scriptures, who go astray even in ordinary times when there is nothing untoward happening.
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In the scriptures there is a term called Apatdharama or occupational duty at times of extra ordinary happenings. It is said sometimes the great sage Viswamitra had to live on the flesh of dogs in some extra ordinary dangerous position. In cases of emergency they may be allowed to live on the flesh of animals of all description but that does not mean that there shall be regular slaughter houses to feed the animal eaters and the system be encouraged by the state. Nobody should try to live on flesh in ordinary times simply for the sake of palate. If anybody does so the king or the executive head must punish such animal eaters for gross enjoyment.
#$p#There are regular scriptural injunctions for different person engaged in different occupational duties and one's who follows them is called Swadharmanistha or faithful in one's prescribed duties. In the Bhagwat Geeta also (B.G. 18/48) it is advised that one may not give up his occupational prescribed duties even they are not always flawless. Such Swadharama might be violated in cases of emergency being forced by circumstances but they cannot be violated in ordinary course of time. The state executive head is to see that such Swadharma is not changed by the follower whatever he may be and give all protection to such follower of Swadharma. The violater is subject to punishment in terms of Shastra and it is the duty of the King to keen vigilance in this matter of strictly following one's occupational duty as prescribed in the Scripture.
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#dl##dd#rājño hi paramo dharmaḥ#/dd#
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#dd#śāsato 'nyān yathā-śāstram#/dd#
#dd#anāpady utpathān iha#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rājñaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#rājñaḥ#/i# — of the king or the executive head; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hi#/i# — certainly; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=paramaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#paramaḥ#/i# — supreme; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dharmaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dharmaḥ#/i# — occupational duty; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dharma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dharma-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=stha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#stha#/i# — one who is faithful to his prescribed duty; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anupālanam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anupālanam#/i# — giving protection always; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śāsataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śāsataḥ#/i# — while ruling; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anyān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anyān#/i# — others; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yathā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yathā#/i# — according to; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śāstram&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śāstram#/i# — rulings of scriptures; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anāpadi&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anāpadi#/i# — without danger; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=utpathān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#utpathān#/i# — persons going astray; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=iha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#iha#/i# — as a matter of fact.
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The supreme duty of the ruling king is to give all protection to law-abiding persons and to chastise those who stray from the ordinances of the scriptures in ordinary times, when there is no emergency.
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In the scriptures there is mention of #i#āpad-dharma#/i#, or occupational duty at times of extraordinary happenings. It is said that sometimes the great sage Viśvāmitra had to live on the flesh of dogs in some extraordinary dangerous position. In cases of emergency, one may be allowed to live on the flesh of animals of all description, but that does not mean that there should be regular slaughterhouses to feed the animal-eaters and that this system should he encouraged by the state. No one should try to live on flesh in ordinary times simply for the sake of the palate. If anyone does so, the king or the executive head should punish him for gross enjoyment.
#$p#There are regular scriptural injunctions for different persons engaged in different occupational duties, and one who follows them is called #i#svadharma-stha#/i#, or faithful in one's prescribed duties. In the #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# (BG 18.48) it is advised that one should not give up his occupational prescribed duties, even if they are not always flawless. Such #i#sva-dharma#/i# might be violated in cases of emergency, if one is forced by circumstances, but they cannot be violated in ordinary times. The state executive head is to see that such #i#sva-dharma#/i# is not changed by the follower, whatever it may be, and he should give all protection to the follower of #i#sva-dharma#/i#. The violator is subject to punishment in terms of the #i#śāstra#/i#, and the duty of the king is to see that everyone strictly follows his occupational duty, as prescribed in the scripture.
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