Shloka 41

Devanagari script

यथा यथा हि पुरुष: कल्याणे कुरुते मन: । तथा तथास्यथ सर्वार्था: सिद्धयन्ते नात्र संशय:,मनुष्य जैसे-जैसे कल्याणमें मन लगाता है, वैसे-ही-वैसे उसके सारे अभीष्ट सिद्ध होते हैं--इसमें तनिक भी संदेह नहीं है

Transliteration

yathā yathā hi puruṣaḥ kalyāṇe kurute manaḥ | tathā tathāsya sarvārthāḥ siddhyante nātra saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Así como el hombre vuelve una y otra vez su mente hacia lo bueno y virtuoso, así también se cumplen todos sus fines legítimos—de ello no hay duda.

Word by Word

यथाas, in whatever manner

हिindeed, for

पुरुषःa man, person

कल्याणेin welfare/goodness

कुरुतेmakes, directs (sets)

मनःmind

तथाso, in that manner

अस्यof him/its

अथthen, thereupon

सर्वार्थाःall aims/purposes

सिद्धयन्तेare accomplished, succeed

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

puruṣa (a person)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Directing one’s mind toward kalyāṇa—ethical and wholesome good—naturally leads to the accomplishment of one’s aims; inner moral intention is presented as the foundation of outer success.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context, Vidura speaks as a moral advisor, emphasizing that the decisive factor for a person’s outcomes is the mind’s steady commitment to the good.