Shloka 35
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत प्रजागयरपर्वमें विदुर-नीतिवाक्यविषयक पैतीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
śraddhayā parayā rājan upanītāni satkṛtim | pravṛttāni mahāprājña dharmiṇāṃ puṇyakarmiṇām ||
O König, diese Gaben — in höchster Hingabe herbeigebracht — werden in den Häusern rechtschaffener Männer, die verdienstvolle Werke tun, als Zeichen der Ehre und der Gastfreundschaft dargeboten. O Herrscher von großer Weisheit: Solch ehrfürchtiges Empfangen und Geben gilt als das rechte Verhalten derer, die dem Dharma folgen.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura underscores that dharmic life is expressed through reverent, faith-filled conduct—especially honouring others through proper reception and offerings. Acts done with śraddhā and satkāra become markers of the righteous and generate puṇya.
Vidura addresses the king and concludes a sequence of ethical instruction by describing how, in the households of virtuous people, offerings and honours are presented with deep faith as part of established righteous practice.