၂၆။ မင္းက်င့္တရားဆယ္ပါး
Taking a lead from this conversation between the Golden Goose and King Samyama, we can say that the business of ruling a country and the selection of a Queen and of ministers are governed by the ten rules of royal conduct. The purport of these ten rules of royal conduct is set out. This may be paraphrased:
“Danam silam pariccagam,
ajjavam maddavam tapam;
akkodham avihinsañca,
khantiñca avirodhanam.
1. Dāna- in a land that seeks to use its wealth properly, religious charity and giving to the virtuous is never forgotten. Even the royal revenues may be so used in giving.
2. Sīla - all religious duties are maintained in public practice.
3. Paricchāga - in addition to the respectful giving of religious alms to deserving recipients, support is provided beyond the religious obligation, whether to the king's ministers or to the street begger.
4. Ajjava - the king is upright, speaking without ambiguity or deception.
5. Maddhava - the king shows a disposition to act gently and kindly with good intentions.
6. Tapa - besides the public following of religious practices, there must also be an internal religious life.
7. Akkodha - the king is always ready to restrain his anger and to conciliate his people in general loving-kindness.
8. Avihinsa - the king must be free of any taint of cruelty and show mercy in a spirit of compassion towards the common people.
9. Khantī - the king shows forgiveness of the actions of his women, courtiers and ministers, according to what is right.
10. Aviroddhana - the king must never antagonise his people, but must try to carry them with him in his plans.
The last of these ten rules for royal conduct, called avirodhana, does not apply only to padesarājas, monarchs or even Sakka (king of devas)- the Lord himself when formulating his Law fell in with the inclinations and capabilities of living beings.
If he had not preached according to the hearers' learning capacity, all creatures would not have been able to receive the Law of Release. For this reason the three sections of the Pi¥aka (a basket; a container; one of the three main division of Pæli Canon.) contain instructions -- somewhat at length for those that asked for a full explanation, at medium for those that preferred it moderate, and brief for those that needed a short course .
က်မ္းကုိး ...
ဇာတကပါဠိ၊ ၁၅။ဝီသတိနိပါတ္၊၅၀၉။ ဟတၳိပါလဇာတက၊ ၂၁။အသီတိနိပါတ္၊ ၅၃၄။ မဟာဟံသဇာတက။ ႏွာ-၂-၉၇ ဂါထာ။
မူလဋီကာ ႏွာ-၁-၆၆


