Shloka 43
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
जो मित्रोंसे सत्कार पाकर और उनकी सहायतासे कृतकार्य होकर भी उनके नहीं होते, ऐसे कृतघ्नोंके मरनेपर उनका मांस मांसभोजी जनन््तु भी नहीं खाते ।।
arcayed eva mitrāṇi sati vāsati vā dhane | nānarthayan prajānāti mitrāṇāṃ sāraphalgutām ||
Saat kemakmuran hadir dan harta berlimpah, tetaplah memuliakan sahabat. Orang yang belum pernah dihimpit kesusahan tidak akan mengenal hakikat sahabat—mana yang benar-benar bernilai dan mana yang hampa.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor and value friends while fortune lasts; only adversity reveals the true substance and reliability of friendship, so ingratitude toward helpers is a serious moral fault.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral-political counsel; here he reflects on friendship and gratitude, warning that those who have not faced hardship fail to recognize how crucial friends are when misfortune arrives.