Shloka 6
न वैराण्यभिजानन्ति गुणान् पश्यन्ति नागुणान् । विरोधं नाधिगच्छन्ति ये त उत्तमपूरुषा:,जो पुरुष वैरको याद नहीं रखते, गुणोंको ही देखते हैं, अवगुणोंको नहीं तथा किसीसे विरोध नहीं रखते, वे ही उत्तम पुरुष कहे गये हैं। साधु पुरुष दूसरोंके सत्कर्मों (उपकारादि)- को ही याद रखते हैं, उनके किये हुए वैरको नहीं। वे दूसरोंकी भलाई तो करते हैं; परंतु उनसे बदला लेनेकी भावना नहीं रखते
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | na vairāṇy abhijānanti guṇān paśyanti nāguṇān | virodhaṁ nādhigacchanti ye te uttama-pūruṣāḥ ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “The best of men do not keep track of enmities. They look to virtues, not to faults. They do not enter into hostility; those who live in this way are truly called ‘excellent persons.’”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Nobility is shown by refusing to nurture grudges: a truly excellent person remembers others’ virtues and benefactions, overlooks their faults, and does not escalate relationships into hostility or revenge.
In the Sabha Parva context, Yudhiṣṭhira is articulating a standard of righteous conduct (dharma) for how the good should respond to injury or provocation—by restraint, forgiveness, and a focus on others’ merits rather than their offenses.