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Shloka 1

Bala and Dharma in Kṣatriya Governance (बल-धर्म सम्बन्धः)

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माजल छा अ<-छकऋाज (आपडद्धर्मपर्व) एकत्रिशदधिकशततमो< ध्याय: आप्त्तिग्रस्त राजाके कर्तव्यका वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच क्षीणस्य दीर्घसूत्रस्य सानुक्रोशस्य बन्धुषु । परिशड्किततवृत्तस्य श्रुतमन्त्रस्य भारत

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kṣīṇasya dīrghasūtrasya sānukrośasya bandhuṣu | pariśaṅkitavṛttasya śrutamantrasya bhārata ||

Translation

युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला— हे भारत! ज्याचा बल व संपत्ती क्षीण झाली आहे, जो विलंब करणारा आहे; नातलगांवर अतिशय करुणा असल्यामुळे त्यांच्या नाशाची भीती बाळगून त्यांना घेऊन शत्रूसमोर उभा राहू शकत नाही; ज्याच्या वर्तनावर संशय आहे (किंवा जो मंत्र्यांच्या वर्तनावर संशय घेतो); आणि ज्याची मंत्रणा गुप्त न राहता ऐकली गेली आहे—असा राजा आपत्तींनी दबला व मनाने व्याकुळ झाला असता त्याच्यासाठी कोणता उपाय उरतो? या संकटातून मुक्त होण्यासाठी त्याने काय करावे?

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

उवाचsaid

क्षीणस्यof one who is diminished/exhausted

दीर्घसूत्रस्यof one who is procrastinating/slow in action

सानुक्रोशस्यof one who is compassionate

बन्धुषुamong/with kinsmen

परिशङ्कितवृत्तस्यof one whose conduct is suspected

श्रुतमन्त्रस्यof one whose counsel/secret has been overheard

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhārata (address/title)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a rāja-dharma problem: when a ruler is weakened materially and psychologically, divided by misplaced compassion, and compromised by distrust and leaked strategy, he must seek a disciplined, realistic remedy—restoring secrecy, decisive action, reliable counsel, and protective measures—rather than drifting in delay and fear.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira questions the elder authority (addressed as ‘Bhārata’) about what a distressed king should do when his power is depleted, his decision-making is delayed, his inner circle is unreliable or suspected, and his strategic counsel has been exposed—setting up Bhīṣma’s instruction on conduct in political calamity.