Shloka 10
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
यः प्रमाणं न जानाति स्थाने वृद्धौँ तथा क्षये । कोशे जनपदे दण्डे न स राज्येडवतिषछते,जो राजा स्थिति, लाभ, हानि, खजाना, देश तथा दण्ड आदिकी मात्राको नहीं जानता, वह राज्यपर स्थिर नहीं रह सकता
yaḥ pramāṇaṁ na jānāti sthāne vṛddhau tathā kṣaye | kośe janapade daṇḍe na sa rājye 'vatiṣṭhate ||
जो राजा स्थिती, वाढ व क्षय; कोश, जनपद आणि दंडप्रयोग यांत योग्य प्रमाण जाणत नाही, तो राज्यात दृढपणे स्थिर राहू शकत नाही।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must have pramāṇa—sound judgment of proper limits and proportion—in prosperity and decline, finance, public welfare, and punishment; without this calibrated discernment, stable rule is impossible.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers counsel on righteous governance and practical statecraft; here he warns that ignorance of proportionate policy in resources, people, and discipline undermines a king’s ability to hold the kingdom.