Shloka 12
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
न राज्यं प्राप्तमित्येव वर्तितव्यमसाम्प्रतम् । श्रियं हविनयो हन्ति जरा रूपमिवोत्तमम्
na rājyaṃ prāptam ity eva vartitavyam asāmpratam | śriyaṃ hīnāvinayo hanti jarā rūpam ivottamam ||
Vidura spricht: „Man soll nicht fortfahren zu leben mit dem Gedanken: ‘Ich habe das Reich nicht erlangt.’ Eine solche zuchtlose Unbescheidenheit vernichtet den Wohlstand, wie das Alter selbst die höchste Schönheit zerstört.“
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not let grievance over not gaining power govern your conduct; lack of humility and discipline corrodes prosperity and standing, just as aging inevitably diminishes even great beauty.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral-political counsel amid the tense pre-war negotiations, warning against resentful fixation on kingship and urging disciplined, humble conduct as the basis of lasting fortune.