Shloka 106
अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः
Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance
श्लाघस्व मां कुशलिन सम तेभ्यो हानामयं तात पृच्छेर्जघन्यम् । तात! जो अअभ्रोत्रिय (शूद्र) वृद्ध पुरुष मनस्वी तथा शील और बलसे सम्पन्न हैं एवं हस्तिनापुरमें निवास करते हैं
ślāghasva māṁ kuśalina sama tebhyo hānāmayaṁ tāta pṛccher jaghanyam | tāta! ye ’śrotriyāḥ (śūdrāḥ) vṛddhāḥ puruṣā manasvinaḥ tathā śīla-bala-sampannāḥ hastināpure nivasanty, ye yathāśakti kiñcid dharmam ācarantaḥ asmāsu śubha-kāmanāṁ kurvanti punaḥ punaś ca asmān smaranti, tebhyaḥ sarvebhyo ’smākaṁ kuśala-vārttāṁ nivedaya | tataḥ paścāt teṣāṁ svāsthya-vārttāṁ pṛccha ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「幸いなる者よ、彼らに我が敬意の挨拶を伝えよ。親しき友よ、彼らの安否と無病息災を問うてくれ。とりわけ、心堅く—ヴェーダの学匠ではなく、シュードラの共同体に属するといえども—品行と力を備え、ハスティナープラに住み、力の及ぶ限りダルマを行じ、我らの幸を願い、幾度も我らを思い出してくれる年長者たちには、皆に我らの無事を告げよ。その後、彼らの健康をつぶさに尋ねよ。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid political crisis, a leader’s dharma includes remembering and honoring ordinary well-wishers—especially elders—regardless of scholarly status or social rank, and actively inquiring into their welfare and health.
Yudhiṣṭhira instructs a messenger to convey the Pāṇḍavas’ well-being to supportive residents of Hastināpura—particularly elderly, high-minded śūdra men who practice dharma as they can—and then to ask after their health.