Shloka 10
धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः
Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties
मन्त्रे च निश्चये चैव षाड्गुण्यस्य च चिन्तने । विदुरं बुद्धिसम्पन्नं प्रीतिमान् स समादिशत्,फिर उन्होंने बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ बुद्धिमान् विदुरजीको मन्त्रणाःं, कर्तव्यनिश्चय तथा छहों- गुणोंके चिन्तनके कार्यमें नियुक्त किया
mantre ca niścaye caiva ṣāḍguṇyasya ca cintane | viduraṃ buddhisampannaṃ prītimān sa samādiśat ||
മന്ത്രാലോചന, ചെയ്യേണ്ടതിന്റെ നിശ്ചയം, ഷാഡ്ഗുണ്യചിന്തനം എന്നീ കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ അദ്ദേഹം സന്തോഷത്തോടെ ബുദ്ധിസമ്പന്നനായ വിദുരനെ നിയോഗിച്ചു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Good governance depends on intelligent, ethically grounded counsel: deliberation (mantra), clear determination (niścaya), and disciplined reflection on established principles of policy (ṣāḍguṇya) should be entrusted to the truly wise.
The narrator reports that a ruler, pleased and confident, assigns Vidura—renowned for wisdom—the responsibility for advising, deciding courses of action, and contemplating the six diplomatic strategies of statecraft.