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Shloka 66

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)

क्षुद्राक्षेगेव जालेन झषावपिहितावुरू । कामश्न राजन्‌ क्रोधश्व तौ प्रज्ञानं विलुम्पत:

kṣudrākṣegeva jālena jhaṣāv apihitāv urū | kāmaś ca rājan krodhaś ca tau prajñānaṁ vilumpataḥ ||

يحذّر فيدورا الملكَ من أن الشهوة (kāma) والغضب (krodha) إذا اجتمعا سلبا الإنسانَ بصيرته. فكما أن سمكتين عظيمتين تقعان في شبكةٍ ضيقة الفتحات فتتخبطان حتى تمزّقاها، كذلك تُغشي kāma وkrodha العقلَ وتُفسدان صفاء الحكم، فتقودان الحاكمَ والبيتَ معًا إلى قراراتٍ مهلكة.

क्षुद्राक्षेगेवin a net with small holes
क्षुद्राक्षेगेव:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुद्राक्षि-जाल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
जालेनby/with a net
जालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजाल
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
झषौtwo fishes
झषौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootझष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अपिहितौcovered/ensnared
अपिहितौ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअपि-धा
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
उरूlarge, great
उरू:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
कामःdesire
कामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
क्रोधःanger
क्रोधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
प्रज्ञानम्discernment, wisdom
प्रज्ञानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रज्ञान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विलुम्पतःthey rob/steal away
विलुम्पतः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवि-लुप्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
K
King (rājan)
N
Net (jāla)
F
Fish (jhaṣa)
D
Desire (kāma)
A
Anger (krodha)

Educational Q&A

Desire and anger, acting together, steal prajñā—clear discernment—so one should restrain these impulses, especially in positions of power where a single clouded decision can cause widespread harm.

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura is counseling the king during the tense pre-war negotiations. He uses a vivid simile—two big fish trapped in a fine-meshed net—to illustrate how powerful inner impulses (kāma and krodha) can break through restraint and ruin judgment.