Shloka 10
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
जित्वारीन क्षत्रधर्मेण प्राप्प राज्यमकण्टकम् । विजितात्मा मनुष्येन्द्र यज्ञदानपरो भव
Vaishampāyana uvāca: jitvārīn kṣatradharmeṇa prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam | vijitātmā manuṣyendra yajñadānaparo bhava ||
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—“ಮನುಷ್ಯೇಂದ್ರನೇ! ಕ್ಷತ್ರಧರ್ಮದಂತೆ ಶತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ಜಯಿಸಿ ನೀನು ಕಂಟಕರಹಿತ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿದ್ದೀ. ಈಗ ಆತ್ಮನಿಗ್ರಹ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಯಜ್ಞ ಮತ್ತು ದಾನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಾಯಣನಾಗು.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
After external victory, the ruler must pursue inner victory (self-mastery) and use sovereignty for dharmic ends—supporting yajña (public religious order) and dāna (generosity and welfare).
Vaiśampāyana addresses a king as “manuṣyendra,” noting that he has won an unobstructed kingdom by the warrior code, and urges him to shift from conquest to disciplined, charitable, and ritually grounded kingship.