Shloka 45
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma
स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य यो<भ्युज्जीवति मानव: । स लोके लभते कीर्ति परत्र च शुभां गतिम्,जो मनुष्य अपने बाहुबलका आश्रय लेकर उत्कृष्ट जीवन व्यतीत करता है, वही इस लोकमें उत्तम कीर्ति और परलोकमें शुभ गति पाता है
svabāhubalam āśritya yo 'bhyujjīvati mānavaḥ | sa loke labhate kīrtiṃ paratra ca śubhāṃ gatim ||
Orang yang bersandar pada kekuatan lengannya sendiri dan hidup menanjak menuju kemuliaan, memperoleh kīrti yang baik di dunia ini dan, di alam seberang, mencapai tujuan yang suci.
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Relying on one’s own strength and disciplined effort to live an elevated life leads to honorable reputation in this world and an auspicious destiny after death; the verse links personal valor and self-reliant striving with dharmic reward.
In Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context before the great war, the speaker (the son) states a maxim praising self-reliant valor: one who lives by his own strength gains both worldly fame and otherworldly good fortune.