Shloka 10
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 28: Dharmādharmalakṣaṇa in Āpad
Crisis-Discernment of Right and Wrong
मासार्धमासानथ नक्षत्रयोगा- नतन्द्रितश्रन्द्रमा श्चा भ्युपैति । अतन्द्रितो दहते जातवेदा: समिध्यमान: कर्म कुर्वन् प्रजाभ्य:
māsārdhamāsān atha nakṣatrayogān atandritaś candramā cābhyupaiti | atandrito dahate jātavedāḥ samidhyamānaḥ karma kurvan prajābhyaḥ ||
চন্দ্ৰও অলসতা ত্যাগ কৰি কৰ্মৰ দ্বাৰাই মাহ, পক্ষ আৰু নক্ষত্ৰ-যোগ লাভ কৰে। তেনেদৰে জাতবেদা (অগ্নিদেৱ)ও অলসতাহীন হৈ, প্ৰজাসকলৰ হিতাৰ্থে নিজৰ নিয়ত কৰ্ম সম্পাদন কৰি, জ্বলাই দিলে দহন-ক্ৰিয়া সম্পন্ন কৰে।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the world’s order is sustained by tireless performance of one’s appointed function: just as the Moon keeps its regular course and Fire burns when kindled, so should a person—especially one responsible for others—abandon laziness and do their duty for the welfare of beings.
Vāyu-deva is instructing through natural exemplars. He points to the Moon’s steady movement and Agni’s active burning as models of ‘atandritā’ (unwearied diligence), reinforcing a moral argument that rightful action and responsibility must be carried out without sloth.