Shloka 11

Devanagari script

प्रिये नातिभृशं हृष्येदप्रिये न च संज्वरेत्‌ । न तप्येदर्थकृच्छेषु प्रजाहितमनुस्मरन्‌,यदि अपना प्रिय हो जाय तो बहुत प्रसन्न न हो और अप्रिय हो जाय तो अत्यन्त चिन्ता न करे। यदि आर्थिक संकट आ पड़े तो प्रजाके हितका चिन्तन करते हुए तनिक भी संतप्त नहो

Transliteration

priye nātibhṛśaṁ hṛṣyed apriye na ca saṁjvaret | na tapyed arthakṛcchreṣu prajāhitam anusmaran ||

Translation

ヴァーマデーヴァは言った。喜ばしいことが起きても、過度に歓喜してはならない。好ましくないことが起きても、不安に焼かれてはならない。たとえ財の窮乏が訪れても、民の利益を念じつつ、心を悩ませてはならぬ。

Word by Word

प्रियेin/at (something) pleasant

नnot

अतिभृशम्excessively, too much

हृष्येत्should rejoice

अप्रियेin/at (something) unpleasant

नnot

चand

संज्वरेत्should be distressed / should worry

नnot

तप्येत्should grieve / should be pained

अर्थकृच्छेषुin financial difficulties

प्रजाहितम्the welfare of the subjects

अनुस्मरन्remembering, keeping in mind

Speaker

वामदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāmadeva

prajā (the people/subjects)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain steadiness: do not become overly elated by favorable events or overly distressed by unfavorable ones; especially for a ruler, remember that personal emotions must not override the duty of safeguarding the people’s welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and governance, the sage Vāmadeva advises the listener (in the broader frame, guidance given to a king) on emotional discipline and the primacy of prajā-hita—public good—even amid economic संकट (arthakṛcchra).