Shloka 34
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence
Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa
क्षमा तितिक्षा दम आर्जवं च सत्यव्रतत्वं श्रुतमप्रमाद: । भूतानुकम्पा हानुशासनं च युधिष्टिरे राजगुणा: समस्ता:
kṣamā titikṣā dama ārjavaṃ ca satyavratatvaṃ śrutam apramādaḥ | bhūtānukampā hānuśāsanaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhire rājaguṇāḥ samastāḥ ||
ພະວາຍຸເທວະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄວາມອະໄພ, ຄວາມອົດທົນ, ການຂົ່ມໃຈຕົນ, ຄວາມຊື່ສັດຕົງໄປຕົງມາ, ການຖືສັດໃນຄວາມຈິງ, ຄວາມຮູ້ໃນຄຳສອນອັນສັກສິດ, ຄວາມບໍ່ປະມາດ, ຄວາມເມດຕາຕໍ່ສັດທັງປວງ, ແລະການຢູ່ໃນວິໄນຂອງຜູ້ເຖົ້າແກ່ແລະອາຈານ—ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ, ຄຸນທຳແຫ່ງກະສັດທັງປວງນີ້ ມາຮວມຢູ່ໃນທ່ານພ້ອມກັນ.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True kingship is grounded in inner discipline and moral excellence: forgiveness, endurance, self-restraint, integrity, truthfulness, scriptural learning, vigilance, compassion, and respectful obedience to wise guidance.
Vāyu-deva addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and enumerates the qualities that make him fit for righteous rule, presenting him as an embodiment of ideal royal virtues in the Udyoga Parva’s ethical deliberations before the great conflict.