Shloka 68
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
पूर्वे वयसि तत् कुर्याद् येन वृद्ध: सुखं वसेत् । यावज्जीवेन तत् कुर्याद् येन प्रेत्य सुखं वसेत्
pūrve vayasi tat kuryād yena vṛddhaḥ sukhaṃ vaset | yāvajjīvena tat kuryād yena pretya sukhaṃ vaset ||
ວິດູຣະແນະນໍາວ່າ: ໃນວັຍແຕ່ເຊົ້າ ຄວນເຮັດສິ່ງທີ່ຈະໃຫ້ເມື່ອແກ່ເຖົ້າແລ້ວ ຢູ່ໄດ້ຢ່າງສະຫງົບສຸກ; ແລະຕະຫຼອດຊີວິດ ຄວນບໍ່ຢຸດເຮັດກິດທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ຫຼັງຄວາມຕາຍ ຢູ່ໃນໂລກໜ້າໄດ້ຢ່າງສຸກ. ຄໍາສອນນີ້ກະຕຸ້ນໃຫ້ມອງໄກ, ມີວິໄນໃນຄວາມປະພຶດ, ແລະເຮັດກຳທີ່ກໍ່ເກີດບຸນ ແທນການຫຼົງໃນຄວາມເພີດເພີນສັ້ນໆ.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Plan and live ethically with long horizons: cultivate habits and actions in youth that secure well-being in old age, and perform dharmic, merit-producing deeds throughout life so that one’s condition after death is also auspicious.
In Vidura’s counsel (nīti) during the Udyoga Parva, he offers practical and moral guidance, urging responsible conduct and sustained dharmic action rather than impulsive choices that bring suffering later in life and beyond.