Shloka 37
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
युधन्वोवाच यद् धर्ममवृणीथास्त्वं न कामादनृतं वदी: । पुनर्ददामि ते पुत्र॑ तस्मात् प्रह्मद दुर्लभम्
sudhanvovāca yad dharmam avṛṇīthās tvaṃ na kāmād anṛtaṃ vadīḥ | punar dadāmi te putraṃ tasmāt prahrāda durlabham ||
সুধন্বাই ক’লে—“প্ৰহ্লাদ! তুমি ধৰ্মকেই বাছিলা, স্বাৰ্থৰ বশে অসত্য কোৱা নাই; সেয়ে এই দুৰ্লভ পুত্ৰক মই পুনৰ তোমাক ঘূৰাই দিছোঁ।”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Choosing dharma and refusing to lie for personal gain is upheld as the highest ethical standard; such integrity brings restoration and reward, symbolized by the return of the son.
Sudhanvan addresses Prahlāda and acknowledges that Prahlāda has chosen righteousness and not spoken untruth out of desire; as a consequence, Sudhanvan returns Prahlāda’s (rare and precious) son to him.