Shloka 43

Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच क्षत्ता मन्त्री महाप्राज्ञ: स्थितो यस्यास्मि शासने । तेन संगम्य वेत्स्यामि कार्यस्यास्य विनिश्चयम्‌

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | kṣattā mantrī mahāprājñaḥ sthito yasyāsmi śāsane | tena saṅgamya vetsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sagte: „Vidura, der Kṣattā (Kämmerer), ist mein Minister, von großer Weisheit, und ich richte mich nach seinem Rat. Nachdem ich ihn getroffen und mit ihm beraten habe, werde ich entscheiden können, was in dieser Angelegenheit zu beschließen ist.“

Word by Word

• {'dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca': 'Dhṛtarāṣṭra said', 'kṣattā': 'chamberlain

• royal attendant (epithet of Vidura)', 'mantrī': 'minister

• counsellor', 'mahāprājñaḥ': 'of great wisdom

• highly discerning', 'sthitaḥ': 'standing

• remaining', 'yasya': 'whose', 'asmi': 'I am', 'śāsane': 'in the command

• under the governance/instruction', 'tena': 'with him

• by him', 'saṅgamya': 'having met

• after meeting', 'vetsyāmi': 'I shall know

• I shall ascertain', 'kāryasya': 'of the affair

• of the task/matter', 'asya': 'of this', 'viniścayam': 'decision

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vidura (Kṣattā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should not decide impulsively; ethical governance requires seeking wise counsel (here, Vidura) and arriving at a firm, reasoned determination (viniścaya) about the matter at hand.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra states that Vidura is his trusted minister and that he follows Vidura’s guidance; he intends to meet Vidura and, after consultation, decide what should be done regarding the current issue.