Shloka 59
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
सत्यं रूप॑ श्रुतं विद्या कौल्यं शीलं बलं धनम् | शौर्य च चित्रभाष्यं च दशेमे स्वर्गयोनय:
satyaṁ rūpaṁ śrutaṁ vidyā kaulyaṁ śīlaṁ balaṁ dhanam | śauryaṁ ca citrabhāṣyaṁ ca daśeme svargayonayaḥ ||
ວິດູຣະກ່າວວ່າ: ຄວາມຈິງ, ຮູບລັກສະນະອັນງາມສົມກຽດ, ຄວາມຮູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຈາກການຟັງ (ຄຳສອນແລະປະເພນີ), ວິຊາຄວາມຮູ້ອັນແທ້, ຊາດຕະກູນສູງ, ສີນທຳດີ, ກຳລັງ, ຊັບສິນ, ຄວາມກ້າຫານ, ແລະຄວາມສາມາດເວົ້າດ້ວຍຖ້ອຍຄຳອ່ອນຊ້ອຍສະຫງ່າງາມ—ທັງສິບນີ້ ຖືກກ່າວວ່າເປັນເຫດນຳໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນ.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura lists ten qualities—truth, dignified presence, traditional learning, knowledge, noble lineage, good character, strength, wealth, valor, and eloquent speech—as ‘svargayonayaḥ’, i.e., the ethical foundations that generate merit and elevate one’s life toward higher ends.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral and practical counsel in the tense lead-up to war. Here he emphasizes a catalogue of virtues that sustain personal excellence and social order, contrasting cultivated dharma with the destructive impulses driving the conflict.