Shloka 27
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 31 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Instructions to Sañjaya
Peace Appeal and Five-Village Proposal
प्रियाप्रिये सुखदु:खे च राजन् निन्दाप्रशंसे च भजन्त एव । परस्त्वेनं गर्हयते5पराधे प्रशंसते साधुवृत्तं तमेव
sañjaya uvāca |
priyāpriye sukhaduḥkhe ca rājan nindāpraśaṃse ca bhajanta eva |
paras tv enaṃ garhayate 'parādhe praśaṃsate sādhuvṛttaṃ tam eva, rājan ||
Sañjaya dit : «Ô Roi, les hommes rencontrent inévitablement ce qui leur est cher et ce qui ne l’est pas, le plaisir et la peine, le blâme et l’éloge. Ainsi, lorsqu’un homme commet une faute, les autres censurent le fautif ; et celui dont la conduite est noble est loué comme un homme de bien, ô Roi.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human life naturally includes opposites—pleasant/unpleasant, joy/sorrow, blame/praise. Society responds accordingly: wrongdoing attracts censure, while good conduct earns praise; thus one should choose virtuous behavior (sādhu-vṛtti) knowing outcomes follow actions.
Sañjaya addresses King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, offering a reflective, ethical observation about how people inevitably experience life’s dualities and how public judgment follows conduct—rebuking offenders and commending the virtuous.