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Shloka 9

Dhaumya’s Counsel on Incognito Conduct in a Royal Household (राजवसतौ आचरण-निति)

विदिते चापि वक्तव्यं सुहृद्धिरनुरागत: । एष धर्मश्ष कामश्न अर्थशक्षैव सनातन:,विदित होनेपर भी हितैषी सुहृदोंका कर्तव्य है कि वे स्नेहवश हितकी बात बतावें। यही सनातन धर्म है और इसीसे काम एवं अर्थकी प्राप्ति होती है

vidite cāpi vaktavyaṃ suhṛdbhir anurāgataḥ | eṣa dharmaś ca kāmaś ca arthaś caiva sanātanaḥ ||

കാര്യം അറിയപ്പെട്ടതായാലും, സ്നേഹത്താൽ അനുരക്തരായ ഹിതൈഷി സുഹൃത്തുകൾ ഉപകാരകരമായ വാക്ക് പറയേണ്ടതാണ്. ഇതാണ് സനാതനധർമ്മം; ഇതിലൂടെ തന്നെയാണ് കാമവും അർത്ഥവും സിദ്ധിക്കുന്നത്.

विदितेwhen (it is) known
विदिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootविदित
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वक्तव्यम्should be spoken; must be said
वक्तव्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवक्तव्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सुहृद्भिःby well-wishers/friends
सुहृद्भिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुहृद्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अनुरागतैःby the affectionate/attached (ones)
अनुरागतैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुरागत
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
एषःthis
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःduty/righteousness
धर्मः:
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कामःdesire/pleasure
कामः:
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अर्थःwealth/purpose
अर्थः:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
सनातनःeternal/ancient
सनातनः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

धौग्य उवाच

धौम्य (Dhaumya)

Educational Q&A

A true well-wisher does not stay silent merely because the listener already knows; out of affectionate concern, a friend should still voice what is beneficial. Such timely, welfare-oriented speech is presented as sanātana-dharma and as the means by which kāma and artha are properly secured.

In the Virāṭa-parvan context, Dhaumya is giving counsel that frames friendly advice as a duty: the role of a suhṛd is to speak for another’s good, grounding practical guidance in dharma and linking it to the broader aims of life (artha and kāma).