Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 36 Shloka 7 - Mahabharata | Marathi | Vedapath

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Shloka 7

हंस–साध्यसंवादः, वाक्-निग्रहः, महाकुल-लक्षणम्, शान्ति-उपायः

Hamsa–Sādhya Dialogue; Restraint of Speech; Marks of Noble Lineage; Means to Peace

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्‌ यथा वर्तते यो मनुष्य- स्तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तितव्यं स धर्म: | मायाचारो मायया वर्तितव्य: साध्वाचार: साधुना प्रत्युपेय:

Transliteration

yasmin yathā vartate yo manuṣyas tasmiṁs tathā vartitavyaṁ sa dharmaḥ | māyācāro māyayā vartitavyaḥ sādhvācāraḥ sādhunā pratyupeyaḥ ||

Translation

जसा मनुष्य जसा वागतो, त्याच्याशी तसाच व्यवहार करावा—हाच नीतिधर्म. कपटी माणसाशी कपटाने (सावधपणे) वागावे आणि सज्जनाशी सज्जनतेनेच प्रत्युत्तर द्यावे।

Word by Word

यस्मिन्in whom/with respect to which person

यथाas, in whatever manner

वर्ततेbehaves, conducts himself

यःwho

मनुष्यःa man, a person

तस्मिन्in him/with regard to him

तथाso, in that manner

वर्तितव्यम्should be behaved (towards), ought to be acted

सःthat (indeed), he/that

धर्मःdharma, right conduct

मायाचारःdeceptive conduct

माययाby deception, with trickery

वर्तितव्यःshould be dealt with/treated

साध्वाचारःgood conduct, virtuous behavior

साधुनाby a good person / in a good manner

प्रत्युपेयःis to be reciprocated/returned (in kind)

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

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?

Dharma here is framed as appropriate reciprocity: respond to people according to their conduct—guarded strategy against deceit, and sincere goodness toward the virtuous.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers counsel on policy and ethics during the tense pre-war negotiations, advising how to deal differently with the deceitful and the well-intentioned.