Shloka 41

धृतराष्ट्र-सत्कारः तथा श्राद्ध-दाने नियमनम् | Honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Regulating Śrāddha-Gifts

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

vaiparītakaś ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ໃດປະພຶດຂັດຕໍ່ສິ່ງນີ້ ຜູ້ນັ້ນແມ່ນສັດຕູຂອງຂ້າ; ແຕ່ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ດ້ວຍການສໍາລວມ—ຍອມນອບນ້ອມຕໍ່ພະຣາຊະບັນຊາ—ຈະເປັນຜູ້ຢູ່ໃນຂອບເຂດການປົກຄອງ ແລະ ຢູ່ໃນຄວາມໂປດປານຂອງຂ້າ»। ໃນບັນບົດນີ້ ພະຣາຊາຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ຜູ້ເມດຕາລືອຊາ ກ່າວຊໍ້າໆແກ່ພີ່ນ້ອງ ແລະ ອໍາມາດວ່າ ພະຣາຊາທຣິຕຣາສຕຣະ ຄວນແກ່ການເຄົາລົບ; ການນອບນ້ອມຕາມຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງທ່ານ ຖືກນັບເປັນຄວາມພັກດີຕໍ່ຢຸທິສຖິຣະເອງ; ການຂັດຂືນແມ່ນຄວາມເປັນສັດຕູອັນສົມຄວນແກ່ໂທດທັນ.

Word by Word

• {'vaiparītakaḥ': 'one who acts oppositely

• contrary conduct', 'ca': 'and', 'me': 'my', 'śatruḥ': 'enemy', 'niyamyaḥ': 'to be restrained/regulated

• one who should be kept under discipline', 'bhavet': 'would be

• becomes', 'naraḥ': 'man

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 reverence for those who are to be honored; deliberate contrariness is treated as enmity and invites daṇḍa (punitive correction).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports Yudhiṣṭhira’s policy statement to his brothers and ministers: Dhṛtarāṣṭra is to be regarded as venerable, and those who follow his commands are counted as Yudhiṣṭhira’s well-wishers, while those who oppose are treated as enemies liable to punishment.