Shloka 42

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

उपलक्षयितव्यं ते नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर । 'युधिष्ठिर! तुम्हें सदा ही स्वजनों और शत्रुओंके छिद्रोंपर दृष्टि रखनी चाहिये ।।

Transliteration

upalakṣayitavyaṃ te nityam eva yudhiṣṭhira |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Yudhiṣṭhira, du musst stets wachsam bleiben—unablässig die Schwachstellen und Öffnungen sowohl bei den Deinen als auch bei deinen Feinden beobachten.“

Word by Word

• उपलक्षयितव्यम्: should be observed/kept in view
• उपलक्षयितव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपलक्षयितव्य (उप-√लक्ष्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (तव्यत्), obligation/necessity

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must practice constant vigilance: understanding the weak points, risks, and potential failures within one’s own side as well as in opponents, so that governance remains stable and harm is prevented.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues instructive counsel addressed to King Yudhiṣṭhira, presenting a principle of rāja-dharma (kingly duty): sustained attentiveness to vulnerabilities in both internal administration and external rivals.