Shloka 71
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
गुरुरात्मवतां शास्ता शास्ता राजा दुरात्मनाम् | अथ प्रच्छन्नपापानां शास्ता वैवस्चतो यम:,अपने मन और इन्द्रियोंको वशमें करनेवाले शिष्योंके शासक गुरु हैं, दुष्टोंके शासक राजा हैं और छिपे-छिपे पाप करनेवालोंके शासक सूर्यपुत्र यमराज हैं
gurur ātmavatāṁ śāstā śāstā rājā durātmanām | atha pracchannapāpānāṁ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ ||
ആത്മസംയമമുള്ളവരുടെ ശാസ്താവ് ഗുരുവാണ്; ദുഷ്ടരുടെ ശാസ്താവ് രാജാവാണ്; മറഞ്ഞ് പാപം ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ ശാസ്താവ് വൈവസ്വത യമനാണ്.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Different kinds of people are corrected by different authorities: the self-controlled are guided by the guru, the openly wicked are restrained by the king’s law, and secret sinners are judged by Yama—so moral accountability cannot be escaped.
Vidura is delivering ethical counsel (nīti) in the Udyoga Parva context, emphasizing to the royal audience that social order and dharma are upheld through inner discipline, political authority, and ultimately divine/cosmic justice.