Shloka 186

Adhyāya 90 — Protection of Livelihoods, Brahmanical Subsistence Norms, and Royal Oversight (राष्ट्रवृत्ति-राष्ट्रगुप्ति-उपदेशः)

Devanagari script

सर्वान्‌ सुपरिणीतांस्तान्‌ कारयेथा युधिष्ठिर । युधिष्ठिर! जो धर्मज्ञ

Transliteration

sarvān supariṇītāṁs tān kārayethā yudhiṣṭhira |

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ, ເຈົ້າຄວນໃຫ້ບຸລຸດທັງຫຼາຍຜູ້ຝຶກຝົນດີ ແລະ ປະພຶດດີນັ້ນ ໄດ້ຮັບການໃຊ້ງານ ແລະ ການອຸປະຖຳຢ່າງສົມຄວນ. ບໍ່ວ່າເຂົາຈະສັນລະເສີນເຈົ້າ ຫຼື ຕຳນິເຈົ້າ—ຜູ້ຮູ້ທຳມະ, ຜູ້ມີຄວາມກ້າຫານໝັ້ນຄົງ ແລະ ບໍ່ເຄີຍຫັນຫຼັງໃນສົງຄາມ; ຜູ້ຫາລ້ຽງຊີບໃນອານາຈັກ ຫຼື ດຳລົງຊີວິດພາຍໃຕ້ການຄຸ້ມຄອງຂອງກະສັດ; ທັງບັນດາມົນຕຣີ ແລະ ຜູ້ຢູ່ກາງ (ຝ່າຍກາງ)—ເຈົ້າຄວນໃຫ້ກຽດແກ່ທຸກຄົນ. ໜ້າທີ່ຂອງກະສັດ ແມ່ນຄ້ຳຈຸນ ແລະ ເຄົາລົບຜູ້ຄົນເຊັ່ນນີ້ ໂດຍບໍ່ໃຫ້ຄຳຊົມ ຫຼື ຄຳຕຳນິ ມາຫວັ່ນໄຫວໃຈ.

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सुपरिणीतान्: well-guided / well-conducted
• सुपरिणीतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपरिणीत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कारयेथाः: you should cause (to be done) / you should have (them) treated
• कारयेथाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Second, Singular, Causative (ṇic), Parasmaipada

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Yudhishthira
• ministers (mantri-gaṇa)
• neutral parties (taṭastha-varga)
• warriors who do not retreat in battle

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should honor and properly employ worthy people—dharma-knowers, steadfast warriors, dependents, ministers, and neutral parties—without being influenced by whether they praise or criticize him. Respect for merit and social support is a central duty of kingship (rājadharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on statecraft and righteous rule after the war. Here he emphasizes impartial conduct: the king must maintain dignity and fairness by honoring key social and political groups regardless of their opinions about him.