Shloka 41

धृतराष्ट्र-सत्कारः तथा श्राद्ध-दाने नियमनम् | Honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Regulating Śrāddha-Gifts

Devanagari script

विपरीतकश्न मे शत्रुर्नियम्यश्न भवेन्नर: । राजा युधिष्ठिर बड़े दयालु थे। वे सदा प्रसन्न रहकर अपने भाइयों और मन्त्रियोंसे कहा करते थे कि “ये राजा धृतराष्ट्र मेरे और आपलोगोंके माननीय हैं। जो इनकी आज्ञाके अधीन रहता है, वही मेरा सुहृद्‌ है। विपरीत आचरण करनेवाला मेरा शत्रु है। वह मेरे दण्डका भागी होगा

Transliteration

vaiparītakaś ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「これに背く者は、わが敵である。だが自制のうちに生き、王の命に服する者は、治められるべき秩序の内に留まり、わが恩寵のうちにある。」この文脈で、慈悲に名高いユディシュティラは、兄弟や大臣たちに繰り返し告げた――ドリタラーシュトラ王は敬うべき御方である。王の指図に従うことはユディシュティラ自身への忠誠と同じであり、背くことは罰に値する敵意と見なされる、と。

Word by Word

• {'vaiparītakaḥ': 'one who acts oppositely

• contrary conduct', 'ca': 'and', 'me': 'my', 'śatruḥ': 'enemy', 'niyamyaḥ': 'to be restrained/regulated

• one who should be kept under discipline', 'bhavet': 'would be

• becomes', 'naraḥ': 'man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Loyalty is defined by disciplined obedience to rightful authority and reverence for those who are to be honored; deliberate contrariness is treated as enmity and invites daṇḍa (punitive correction).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports Yudhiṣṭhira’s policy statement to his brothers and ministers: Dhṛtarāṣṭra is to be regarded as venerable, and those who follow his commands are counted as Yudhiṣṭhira’s well-wishers, while those who oppose are treated as enemies liable to punishment.