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Shloka 73

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship

द्विजातिपूजाभिरतो दाता ज्ञातिषु चार्जवी । क्षत्रिय: शीलभागू राजंश्विरं पालयते महीम्‌,राजन! ब्राह्मणोंकी सेवा-पूजामें संलग्न रहनेवाला, दाता, कुट॒म्बीजनोंके प्रति कोमलताका बर्ताव करने-वाला और शीलवान्‌ राजा चिरकालतक पृथ्वीका पालन करता है

dvijāti-pūjābhirato dātā jñātiṣu cārjavī | kṣatriyaḥ śīla-bhāgū rājan ciraṃ pālayate mahīm ||

Vidura sagt: O König, ein kṣatriyaischer Herrscher, der Freude daran hat, die „Zweimalgeborenen“ (die Brāhmaṇas) zu ehren, der freigebig ist, der seinen Verwandten mit gerader, gütiger Offenheit begegnet und von guter Sitte erfüllt ist—ein solcher König schützt die Erde lange. Der Vers zeichnet beständige Herrschaft als Frucht von Ehrfurcht vor geistlicher Autorität, Großmut, Integrität im Umgang mit den Eigenen und persönlicher Tugend.

द्विजाति-पूजाभिरतःdevoted to the worship/service of the twice-born (Brahmins)
द्विजाति-पूजाभिरतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootद्विजातिपूजाभिरत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दाताa giver; generous (one)
दाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ज्ञातिषुamong/with kinsmen
ज्ञातिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञाति
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आर्जवीstraightforwardness; rectitude
आर्जवी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआर्जव
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
क्षत्रियःa Kshatriya; warrior (king)
क्षत्रियः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शीलभागीpossessed of good conduct/virtue
शीलभागी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशीलभागिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
चिरम्for a long time
चिरम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिरम्
पालयतेprotects; rules
पालयते:
TypeVerb
Rootपाल्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
महीम्the earth; the kingdom
महीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमही
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
R
rājan (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
D
dvijāti (brāhmaṇas/twice-born)
K
kṣatriya
M
mahī (the earth/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

Enduring and stable rule arises from rājadharma: reverence toward the learned and spiritually authoritative (dvijāti), generosity, sincerity/rectitude, and humane conduct toward one’s own kin; personal character (śīla) is presented as the foundation of political longevity.

In Vidura’s counsel to the king during the Udyoga Parva, he outlines qualities that sustain a kingdom. This verse highlights the ethical profile of an ideal kṣatriya ruler and links those virtues to long-lasting protection of the realm.