Shloka 33
अदारा-नीति
Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction
पुरुषार्थमभिप्रेतं समाहर्तुमिहाहसि । क्रुद्धाँललुब्धान् परिक्षीणानवलिप्तान् विमानितान्
puruṣārtham abhipretaṁ samāhartum ihāhasi | kruddhāṁl lubdhān parikṣīṇān avaliptān vimānitān |
子は言った。「ここであなたは、心に定めた人の目的を集め、確かなものとしようとしている。だが相手は、怒りに燃え、貪り、疲れ果て、驕り高ぶり、侮辱を受けている者たちだ——そのような者は、和合させるのも、諫言で抑えるのも容易ではない。」
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
A leader may aim at legitimate goals, but success depends on the moral-psychological condition of the people involved. Those driven by anger, greed, exhaustion, pride, and a sense of insult are difficult to reconcile; ethical counsel must account for these destabilizing emotions.
In Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, a son addresses an elder/authority figure, warning that the attempt to ‘gather’ or secure one’s intended objectives is complicated because the parties involved are already inflamed and morally compromised—angry, greedy, depleted, arrogant, and feeling dishonoured.