Shloka 35
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma
परं विषहते यस्मात् तस्मात् पुरुष उच्यते
paraṁ viṣahate yasmāt tasmāt puruṣa ucyate
ວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເພາະລາວອົດທົນສິ່ງທີ່ເກີນກວ່າຂອບເຂດໄດ້ ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈຶ່ງເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ປຸຣຸສະ’ (puruṣa—ຊາຍແທ້).» ຄຳນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າຄຸນຄ່າຂອງມະນຸດບໍ່ໄດ້ຢູ່ທີ່ອຳນາດຫຼືຊາດກຳເນີດ ແຕ່ຢູ່ທີ່ພະລັງທາງທຳໃນການຮັບທຸກຍາກ, ການຂົມຂືນຕົນ, ແລະການແບກພາລະຫນ້າທີ່.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True personhood is defined by the capacity to endure extremes—suffering, provocation, and duty—without abandoning dharma. Endurance here implies moral steadiness, not mere physical toughness.
Vāyu-deva delivers a concise aphoristic definition: the term ‘puruṣa’ is justified by one’s ability to bear what is difficult. In the Udyoga Parva’s tense pre-war setting, it functions as counsel on inner strength amid escalating conflict.