Shloka 34
Vāmadeva’s Rājadharma: Norm-Setting, Counsel, and the Prevention of Rāṣṭra-Vināśa (वामदेव-प्रोक्तं राजधर्मम्)
अथ यो गुणसम्पन्नान् हृदयस्यथाप्रियानपि । प्रियेण कुरुते वश्यांश्वचिरं यशसि तिष्ठति
atha yo guṇasampannān hṛdayasyātha priyān api | priyeṇa kurute vaśyāṁśv aciraṁ yaśasi tiṣṭhati ||
वामदेव ने कहा—जो स्नेहपूर्ण व्यवहार से गुणवान् और हृदय के प्रिय जनों को भी अपने वश में कर लेता है, वह शीघ्र ही यश में दृढ़तापूर्वक प्रतिष्ठित हो जाता है।
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Affectionate, pleasing conduct is an ethical and practical force: it makes even virtuous and close people willingly cooperative, and it quickly results in stable good reputation.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, the sage Vāmadeva states a maxim about interpersonal governance: winning people through kindness and what is pleasing leads to influence and enduring fame.