Shloka 31
कपोत-लुब्धकसंवादः — Hunter’s Remorse and Renunciatory Resolve
विहीनं कर्मणान्यायं यः प्रगृह्नाति भूमिप: । उपायस्याविशेषज्ञं तद् वै क्षत्रं नपुंसकम्
vihīnaṃ karmaṇā nyāyaṃ yaḥ pragṛhṇāti bhūmipaḥ | upāyasyāviśeṣajñaṃ tad vai kṣatraṃ napuṃsakam ||
ビーシュマは言った。善き行いを欠き、正義の感覚もなく、事を成すための手段と策を見分けられぬ者を大臣として取り立てる王—そのクシャトリヤの権威は、まことに無力である。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Royal power becomes ineffective when a king relies on advisors who lack righteous conduct, justice, and strategic discernment; ethical competence in counsel is essential to legitimate and effective rule.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on rajadharma, Bhishma warns about the consequences of poor ministerial selection, stating that a king who adopts an unjust and incompetent counselor renders his own sovereignty powerless.