Shloka 3
Vāmadeva’s Rājadharma: Norm-Setting, Counsel, and the Prevention of Rāṣṭra-Vināśa (वामदेव-प्रोक्तं राजधर्मम्)
यद् वृत्तमुपजीवन्ति प्रकृतिस्थस्य मानवा: । तदेव विषमस्थस्य स्वजनो<पि न मृष्यते,अच्छी अवस्थामें रहनेपर मनुष्यके जिस बर्तावका दूसरे लोग भी आश्रय लेते हैं, संकटमें पड़ जानेपर उसी मनुष्यके उसी बर्तावको उसके स्वजन भी नहीं सहन करते हैं
yad vṛttam upajīvanti prakṛtisthasya mānavāḥ | tadeva viṣamasthasya svajano 'pi na mṛṣyate ||
मनुष्य आपल्या नैसर्गिक समृद्ध अवस्थेत असताना ज्याच्या आचरणावर लोक उपजीविका व आधार ठेवतात, तोच आचार तो संकटात पडल्यावर असह्य ठरतो; तेव्हा त्याचे स्वजनही तो सहन करीत नाहीत।
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Social approval is unstable: the same lifestyle or behavior admired and relied upon in times of prosperity can be condemned in adversity, even by one’s own relatives. The verse cautions against measuring dharma by popularity and urges steadiness and discernment in conduct.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, the sage Vāmadeva offers a reflective maxim about how people’s tolerance changes with circumstances, highlighting the fickleness of social and familial support when someone falls into hardship.