Shloka 38

Devanagari script

विपरीतकश्न मे शत्रुर्नियम्यश्न भवेन्नर: । राजा युधिष्ठिर बड़े दयालु थे। वे सदा प्रसन्न रहकर अपने भाइयों और मन्त्रियोंसे कहा करते थे कि “ये राजा धृतराष्ट्र मेरे और आपलोगोंके माननीय हैं। जो इनकी आज्ञाके अधीन रहता है, वही मेरा सुहृद्‌ है। विपरीत आचरण करनेवाला मेरा शत्रु है। वह मेरे दण्डका भागी होगा

Transliteration

viparītakṛc ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດປະພຶດຂັດຕໍ່ຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງຂ້າ ຜູ້ນັ້ນແມ່ນສັດຕູ; ແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດຮັກສາຕົນ ແລະ ຢູ່ໃນວິໄນ ຄວນນັບວ່າຈົ່ງຮັກພັກດີ»। ໃນເລື່ອງນີ້ ພະຣາຊາຢຸທິສຖິຣະ—ຜູ້ເມດຕາ ແລະ ໝັ້ນຄົງ—ກ່າວຊໍ້າໆແກ່ພີ່ນ້ອງ ແລະ ອໍາມາດວ່າ ພະຣາຊາທຣິຕຣາສຕຣະ ຄວນແກ່ການເຄົາລົບ; ຜູ້ໃດນອບນ້ອມຕາມຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງທ່ານ ຜູ້ນັ້ນແມ່ນມິດຂອງຢຸທິສຖິຣະ; ຜູ້ໃດປະພຶດກົງກັນຂ້າມ ຈະຖືກນັບເປັນສັດຕູ ແລະ ສົມຄວນແກ່ໂທດທັນ.

Word by Word

• {'viparīta': 'contrary, opposite, acting against (instruction or propriety)', 'kṛt (kṛc)': 'doing, acting (one who does/behaves)', 'me': 'my', 'śatruḥ': 'enemy', 'niyamya': 'having restrained/controlled oneself

• under discipline', 'bhavet': 'would be, becomes', 'naraḥ': 'man, person', 'ājñā (contextual)': 'command, order', 'daṇḍa (contextual)': 'punishment, royal chastisement', 'suhṛd (contextual)': 'well-wisher, friend'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Loyalty is defined by disciplined obedience to rightful authority and ethical restraint; deliberate contrariness is treated as enmity and invites punishment. The verse frames governance as moral order: self-control and compliance sustain harmony, while defiance disrupts dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports Yudhiṣṭhira’s standing instruction to his brothers and ministers during the Āśramavāsika phase: Dhṛtarāṣṭra is to be honored, and those who follow his directives are counted as Yudhiṣṭhira’s allies; those who act in opposition are considered enemies and subject to royal discipline.