Shloka 15

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

Devanagari script

अकार्पण्यमसंरम्भ: संतोष: श्रद्दधानता । एतानि यस्य राजेन्द्र स दान्त: पुरुष: स्मृत:,राजेन्द्र! जिस पुरुषमें क्षमा, धैर्य, अहिंसा, सम-दर्शिता, सत्य, सरलता, इन्द्रियसंयम, धीरता, मृदुता, लज्जा, स्थिरता, उदारता, अक्रोध, संतोष और श्रद्धा--ये गुण विद्यमान हैं, वह पुरुष दान्त (इन्द्रियविजयी) माना गया है

Transliteration

akārpaṇyam asaṃrambhaḥ santoṣaḥ śraddadhānatā | etāni yasya rājendra sa dāntaḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Vidura said: “O king, the man in whom there is no meanness or self-pity, who is free from rash agitation, who is content, and who is steadfast in faith—such a person is remembered as dānta, one who has mastered himself.”

Word by Word

अकार्पण्यम्non-miserliness, generosity

असंरम्भःnon-impetuosity, calmness

संतोषःcontentment

श्रद्दधानताfaith, trustfulness

एतानिthese

यस्यof whom, whose

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

सःhe

दान्तःself-controlled, sense-subdued

पुरुषःman, person

स्मृतःis considered/remembered (as)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes