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Kshatriya Dharma (क्षत्रियधर्मः) (view source)
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The main job of a kshatriya is fighting to protect the प्रजा || prajas (creatures of his land) and defend his क्षेत्र || kshetra (land), because that is his natural inclination and the best use of his qualities, as Krishna has stated specifically :<blockquote>"
{{ToBeEdited}}The main job of a kshatriya is fighting to protect the प्रजा || prajas (creatures of his land) and defend his क्षेत्र || kshetra (land), because that is his natural inclination and the best use of his qualities, as Krishna has stated specifically :<blockquote>"स्व धर्मम् अपि चवेक्स्य न विकम्पितुम् अर्हसि |"</blockquote><blockquote>"धर्म्यद् हि युद्धच् छ्रेयो ‘न्यत् क्सत्रियस्य न विद्यते || (Bhagvadgita 2.31)"</blockquote><blockquote>"यद्रिच्छय चोपपन्नम् स्वर्ग द्वरम् अपव्रितम् |"</blockquote><blockquote>"सुखिनह् क्सत्रियह् पर्थ लभन्ते युद्धम् इद्रिसम् || (Bhagvadgita 2.32)"</blockquote><blockquote>"sva dharmam api caveksya na vikampitum arhasi |"</blockquote><blockquote>"dharmyad hi yuddhac chreyo ‘nyat ksatriyasya na vidyate || (Bhagvadgita 2.31) "</blockquote><blockquote>"yadricchaya copapannam svarga dvaram apavritam |"</blockquote><blockquote>"sukhinah ksatriyah partha labhante yuddham idrisam || (Bhagvadgita 2.32)"</blockquote>Meaning : Considering your own dharmic duty you should not hesitate, because for a kshatriya there is nothing better than fighting a dharmic battle. O Arjuna, happy are the kshatriyas to whom such opportunity comes unsought. For a warrior, engaging in such a battle is like having the doors of heaven open in front of him.
स्व धर्मम् अपि चवेक्स्य न विकम्पितुम् अर्हसि |</blockquote><blockquote>"
धर्म्यद् हि युद्धच् छ्रेयो ‘न्यत् क्सत्रियस्य न विद्यते || (Bhagvadgita 2.31)</blockquote><blockquote>"
यद्रिच्छय चोपपन्नम् स्वर्ग द्वरम् अपव्रितम् |</blockquote><blockquote>"
सुखिनह् क्सत्रियह् पर्थ लभन्ते युद्धम् इद्रिसम् || (Bhagvadgita 2.32)</blockquote><blockquote>"
sva dharmam api caveksya na vikampitum arhasi |</blockquote><blockquote>"
dharmyad hi yuddhac chreyo ‘nyat ksatriyasya na vidyate || (Bhagvadgita 2.31) </blockquote><blockquote>"
yadricchaya copapannam svarga dvaram apavritam |</blockquote><blockquote>"
sukhinah ksatriyah partha labhante yuddham idrisam || (Bhagvadgita 2.32)</blockquote>Meaning : “Considering your own dharmic duty you should not hesitate, because for a kshatriya there is nothing better than fighting a dharmic battle. O Arjuna, happy are the kshatriyas to whom such opportunity comes unsought. For a warrior, engaging in such a battle is like having the doors of heaven open in front of him.
However, the warrior spirit of a kshatriya is not the war mongering, blood lust, and cruelty of the asuras; he is not a brawling bully and he avoids confrontation and conflict if there is any other option still possible, as the Pandavas demonstrated in practice in their dealings with the aggressive Duryodhana and his brothers.
However, the warrior spirit of a kshatriya is not the war mongering, blood lust, and cruelty of the asuras; he is not a brawling bully and he avoids confrontation and conflict if there is any other option still possible, as the Pandavas demonstrated in practice in their dealings with the aggressive Duryodhana and his brothers.
There is a specific code of conduct for kshatriyas; non-combatants should never be attacked or harmed, and property that is not directly connected to the fighting should not be destroyed; for example, the encampments where the warriors retire for the night are not to be touched. Even on the battlefield a warring enemy should not be attacked if he is unprepared, unarmed, distracted, distraught, or if he admits defeat.
There is a specific code of conduct for kshatriyas; non-combatants should never be attacked or harmed, and property that is not directly connected to the fighting should not be destroyed; for example, the encampments where the warriors retire for the night are not to be touched. Even on the battlefield a warring enemy should not be attacked if he is unprepared, unarmed, distracted, distraught, or if he admits defeat.
===क्षत्रियः ॥ Kshatriya===
<blockquote>प्रजानां रक्षणं दानं इज्याध्ययनं एव च । विषयेष्वप्रसक्तिश्च क्षत्रियस्य समासतः । । १.८९ । ।<ref name=":0">Manusmrti, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83 Adhyaya 1]</ref></blockquote><blockquote>prajānāṁ rakṣaṇaṁ dānaṁ ijyādhyayanaṁ eva ca ।viṣayeṣvaprasaktiśca kṣatriyasya samāsataḥ । । 1.89 । ।</blockquote>Meaning: For the Kshatriya he ordained protecting of the people, giving of gifts, sacrificing and studying, as also abstaining prom being addicted to the objects of sense (1.89).<ref name=":1">Ganganath Jha (1920-39), Manusmrti ([https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.8241/page/n5 Vol.3]), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited.</ref>
== References ==
According to the Bhagavata Purana, the means of livelihood of a raja who protects his subjects is derived from taxes levied on subjects with the exception of Brahmanas (who were exempted from taxation).<ref name=":3">Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare, The Bhagavata Purana (Part III), Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology (Volume 9), Edited by J.L.Shastri, New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150116/page/n95 P.no.964-965].</ref><blockquote>राज्ञो वृत्तिः प्रजागोप्तुरविप्राद्वा करादिभिः ॥ १४॥<ref name=":2">Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 7, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%AD/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%83_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7 Adhyaya 11].</ref> rājño vr̥ttiḥ prajāgopturaviprādvā karādibhiḥ ॥ 14॥</blockquote>The Bhagavata Purana enlists valour, prowess, fortitude, adventurous spirit, liberality, self-control, forgiveness, devotion to brahmanas, majestic graciousness and defence of the weak as constituting the characteristics of a kshatriya.<ref name=":3" /><blockquote>शौर्यं वीर्यं धृतिस्तेजस्त्याग आत्मजयः क्षमा । ब्रह्मण्यता प्रसादश्च रक्षा च क्षत्रलक्षणम् ॥ २२॥<ref name=":2" /></blockquote><blockquote>''śauryaṁ vīryaṁ dhr̥tistejastyāga ātmajayaḥ kṣamā । brahmaṇyatā prasādaśca rakṣā ca kṣatralakṣaṇam ॥ 22॥''</blockquote>Mahabharata
# (2015). ''Shrimad Bhagvadgita, Chapter 18.'' Gorakhpur:Gita Press.
क्षत्रियस्यापि यो धर्मस्तं ते वक्ष्यामि भारत। दद्याद्राजा न याचेत यजेत न च याजयेत्।।12.59.15 (60.13)
नाध्यापयेदधीयीत प्रजाश्च परिपालयेत्। नित्योद्युक्तो दस्युवदे रणे कुर्यात्पराक्रमम्।। 16
एवं हि क्षत्रबन्धूनां धर्ममाहुः प्रधानतः। नास्य कृत्यतमं किंचिदन्यद्दस्युनिबर्हणात्।। 19
दानमध्ययनं यज्ञो राज्ञां क्षेमो विधीयते। तस्माद्राज्ञा विशेषेण योद्धव्यं धर्ममीप्सता।। 20<ref>Mahabharata, Shanti Parva, [https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D-12-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5-059 Adhyaya 59]</ref>
==References==
#(2015). ''Shrimad Bhagvadgita, Chapter 18.'' Gorakhpur:Gita Press.
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