10-06-2006, 07:50 AM
Rajdharma is not easy. It does involve cruelty. It does involve creating fear and meting punishment for saving the lives. It does invole bloodshed and war. It does involve killing dushkrits for larger peace. Ram's is the best example of how a king should behave.
Those who think they are not upto it, have option of keeping away from Rajdharma. Nobody forced them into it.
There are plenty of stories in tradition, of when a king is not being able to do Rajdharma due to growing softness, in which case he opted for sannyas.
Even Asoka did not do away with prison cells, gallows, and army, after his change of heart.
Those being in Raj and not being able to do the duty, are dharma-drohis. They don't serve dharma, dharma does not serve them.
Those who think they are not upto it, have option of keeping away from Rajdharma. Nobody forced them into it.
There are plenty of stories in tradition, of when a king is not being able to do Rajdharma due to growing softness, in which case he opted for sannyas.
Even Asoka did not do away with prison cells, gallows, and army, after his change of heart.
Those being in Raj and not being able to do the duty, are dharma-drohis. They don't serve dharma, dharma does not serve them.