Shloka 42

Devanagari script

लोक: स्वभाववृत्तिहिं निमेषोन्मेषवत्‌ सदा । विद्वांसो मानयन्तीह इति मन्येत मानित:,जगत्‌में जब विद्वान्‌ पुरुष आदर दें, तब सम्मानित व्यक्तिको ऐसा मानना चाहिये कि आँखोंको खोलने-मीचनेके समान अच्छे लोगोंकी यह स्वाभाविक वृत्ति है, जो आदर देते हैं इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि सनत्सुजातपर्वणि द्विचत्वारिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

lokaḥ svabhāvavṛttihi nimeṣonmeṣavat sadā | vidvāṁso mānayantīha iti manyeta mānitaḥ ||

Translation

サナツジャータは言う。「この世では、自らの本性から生じるふるまいは、まばたきのように絶えず続いている。ゆえに、ここで学識ある者が敬意を示すとき、敬われる者はこう理解すべきである。『これは善き人々の自然な性向—敬いを捧げること—なのだ』。」

Word by Word

लोकःthe world/people

स्वभाववृत्तिःnatural disposition/behavior

हिindeed/for

निमेषोन्मेषवत्like closing-and-opening (of the eyes)

सदाalways

विद्वांसःwise men

मानयन्तिhonor/respect

इहhere/in this world

इतिthus

मन्येतshould think/consider

मानितःone who is honored

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanatsujāta

vidvāṁsaḥ (the learned/wise)

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?

Do not become proud when honored by the wise; understand that honoring others is the natural, effortless habit of good and learned people, like blinking.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sanatsujāta dialogue within Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs the listener on ethical attitude and inner discipline, here emphasizing humility in response to praise and respect.