Shloka 24

उद्योगपर्व — धृतराष्ट्रस्य दुर्योधनप्रति शक्तिस्मारक-उपदेशः

Udyoga Parva 63: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel Reminding Duryodhana of Opponent Strength

Devanagari script

एकेन रथमास्थाय पृथिवी येन निर्जिता । भीष्मद्रोणप्रभृतय: संत्रस्ता: साधुयायिन:

Transliteration

ekena ratham āsthāya pṛthivī yena nirjitā | bhīṣma-droṇa-prabhṛtayaḥ saṁtrastāḥ sādhuyāyinaḥ ||

Translation

ວິດູຣະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ທີ່ຂຶ້ນລົດຮົບພຽງຄັນດຽວແລ້ວພິຊິດແຜ່ນດິນທັງປວງ; ຜູ້ທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ແມ່ນແຕ່ບີສະມະ ແລະ ໂດຣນະ—ແມ່ນຈະອອກທັບໃນການຮົບອັນຊອບທຳ—ກໍຍັງຫວາດຫວັນແລະຖອຍກັບ: ລູກຊາຍຂອງທ່ານຈະສະແດງວິລະກຳອັນໃດຕໍ່ໜ້າວິລະຊົນເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ? ຈົ່ງພິຈາລະນາເອງ. ບັດນີ້ກໍຍັງມີວິລະຊົນນັ້ນຄອຍຖ້າສາຍຕາມິດຕະພາບຈາກທ່ານ; ແລະດ້ວຍຄຳສັ່ງຂອງທ່ານ ເຂົາສາມາດອະໄພຄວາມຜິດທັງປວງຂອງກອຣະວະໄດ້».

Word by Word

• एकेन: with one (alone)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having mounted/ascended
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• निर्जिता: conquered
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-जी (जि)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मद्रोणप्रभृतयः: Bhishma, Drona and the like
• भीष्मद्रोणप्रभृतयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म + द्रोण + प्रभृति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संत्रस्ताः: terrified
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-त्रस् (त्रस्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• साधुयायिनः: good-going/virtuous warriors (lit. good-goers)
• साधुयायिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु + यायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• ratha (chariot)
• pṛthivī (the earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura urges realistic, dharma-based statecraft: recognize true strength, abandon arrogance, and choose reconciliation while it is still possible. A ruler should restrain his side’s wrongdoing and seek peace through humility and forgiveness rather than invite ruin through obstinacy.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels the Kuru king (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) during the tense pre-war negotiations. He points to the extraordinary prowess of the Pandava hero (implied Arjuna, famed for routing Bhīṣma and Droṇa at Virāṭa) and asks how Duryodhana could stand against him, urging the king to extend friendly regard so that the Pandava may forgive the Kauravas’ offenses and avert war.