Shloka 30

राजधर्मप्रश्नः — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry into Rājadharma (Śānti-parva 56)

Devanagari script

विनश्यमानं धर्म हि योउभिरक्षेत्‌ स धर्मवित्‌ । न तेन धर्महा स स्यान्मन्युस्तन्मन्युमृच्छति,“जो राजा उसके द्वारा नष्ट होते हुए धर्मकी रक्षा करता है, वह धर्मज्ञ है। अतः उसे मारनेसे वह धर्मका नाशक नहीं माना जाता। वास्तवमें क्रोध ही उनके क्रोधसे टक्कर लेता है"

Translation

“He who, by his own strength, protects dharma when it is being destroyed is a knower of dharma. Therefore, in slaying him one is not deemed a destroyer of dharma; in truth, it is wrath alone that meets wrath.”

Word by Word

विनश्यमानम्perishing, being destroyed

धर्मम्dharma, righteousness

हिindeed, for

यःwho

उभिःby both (means/sides)

रक्षेत्should protect

सःhe

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

नnot

तेनby him/thereby

धर्महाdestroyer of dharma

सःhe

स्यात्would be

मन्युःanger, wrath

तत्that

मन्युम्anger

ऋच्छतिreaches, meets, encounters

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes