Shloka 43

Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच क्षत्ता मन्त्री महाप्राज्ञ: स्थितो यस्यास्मि शासने । तेन संगम्य वेत्स्यामि कार्यस्यास्य विनिश्चयम्‌,धृतराष्ट्र बोले-महाबुद्धिमान्‌ विदुर मेरे मन्त्री हैं, जिनके आदेशके अनुसार मैं चलता हूँ। उनसे मिलकर विचार करनेके पश्चात्‌ मैं यह समझ सकूँगा कि इस कार्यके सम्बन्धमें क्या निश्चय किया जाय?

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | kṣattā mantrī mahāprājñaḥ sthito yasyāsmi śāsane | tena saṅgamya vetsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam |

Translation

ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രൻ പറഞ്ഞു—‘മഹാപ്രാജ്ഞനായ ക്ഷത്താ വിദുരൻ എന്റെ മന്ത്രിയാണ്; ഞാൻ അവന്റെ ഉപദേശപ്രകാരം നടക്കുന്നു. അവനുമായി കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച നടത്തി ആലോചിച്ച ശേഷം മാത്രമേ ഈ കാര്യത്തിലെ തീരുമാനം എടുക്കാൻ കഴിയൂ.’

Word by Word

{'dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca''Dhṛtarāṣṭra said', 'kṣattā': 'chamberlain

royal attendant (epithet of Vidura)', 'mantrī''minister

counsellor', 'mahāprājñaḥ''of great wisdom

highly discerning', 'sthitaḥ''standing

remaining', 'yasya''whose', 'asmi': 'I am', 'śāsane': 'in the command

under the governance/instruction', 'tena''with him

by him', 'saṅgamya''having met

after meeting', 'vetsyāmi''I shall know

I shall ascertain', 'kāryasya''of the affair

of the task/matter', 'asya''of this', 'viniścayam': 'decision

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Vidura (Kṣattā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should not decide impulsively; ethical governance requires seeking wise counsel (here, Vidura) and arriving at a firm, reasoned determination (viniścaya) about the matter at hand.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra states that Vidura is his trusted minister and that he follows Vidura’s guidance; he intends to meet Vidura and, after consultation, decide what should be done regarding the current issue.