Shloka 10

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

Devanagari script

तस्य दान क्षमा सिद्धिर्यथावदुपपद्यते । दमो दानं तपो ज्ञानमधीतं चानुवर्तते

Transliteration

tasya dāna-kṣamā-siddhir yathāvad upapadyate | damo dānaṃ tapo jñānam adhītaṃ cānuvartate ||

Translation

એવા પુરુષને દાન અને ક્ષમાની સિદ્ધિ યોગ્ય રીતે પ્રાપ્ત થાય છે. દમના અનુસંધાને દાન, તપ, જ્ઞાન અને અધ્યયન કરેલું શાસ્ત્ર પણ સ્વાભાવિક રીતે અનુસરે છે.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that

दानम्giving, charity

क्षमाforbearance, forgiveness

सिद्धिःsuccess, accomplishment

यथावत्properly, duly

उपपद्यतेis fitting/appropriate; is obtained

दमःself-control

दानम्giving, charity

तपःausterity, penance

ज्ञानम्knowledge

अधीतम्studied, learned

चand

अनुवर्ततेfollows; conforms; attends upon

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura teaches that when a person is rightly grounded in disciplined character, virtues do not remain isolated: generosity and forgiveness mature properly, and self-restraint, charity, austerity, knowledge, and even one’s learning naturally align with and follow that person’s dharmic way of life.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura addresses the Kuru court with moral counsel (Vidura-nīti), emphasizing the qualities that make a person truly fit for righteous action and sound governance as the crisis leading to war intensifies.