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Shloka 31

अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः

Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance

स एव भक्त: स गुरु: स भर्ता सवैपिता सच माता सुद्ृच्च । अगाधबुद्धि्विंदुरो दीर्घदर्शी स नो मन्त्री कुशलं तं सम पृच्छे:

sa eva bhaktaḥ sa guruḥ sa bhartā saiva pitā sa ca mātā sudṛḍhaḥ | agādhabuddhir vinduro dīrghadarśī sa no mantrī kuśalaṃ taṃ sama pṛccheḥ ||

ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရက မိန့်ကြားသည်– «သူတစ်ဦးတည်းသာ စစ်မှန်သော ဘက္တ (သဒ္ဓါဝန်) ဖြစ်၏။ သူတစ်ဦးတည်းသာ ဂုရု ဖြစ်၏။ သူတစ်ဦးတည်းသာ အကာအကွယ်ပေးသူ၊ ထောက်ပံ့သူ ဖြစ်၏။ ဖခင်ကဲ့သို့လည်းကောင်း၊ မိခင်ကဲ့သို့လည်းကောင်း—တည်ကြည်၍ ယုံကြည်ထိုက်သူ ဖြစ်၏။ ဉာဏ်နက်ရှိုင်း၍ ခွဲခြားသိမြင်ကာ အဝေးမြင်သူ၊ သူသည် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ အမတ်တိုင်ပင်သူ ဖြစ်သည်။ လေးစားစွာဖြင့် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အတွက် အကျိုးရှိသော အရာကို မေးမြန်းပါ»။

सःhe / that (person)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed / alone
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भक्तःdevotee / loyal one
भक्तः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गुरुःteacher / preceptor
गुरुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भर्ताsupporter / husband / lord
भर्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed / surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
पिताfather
पिता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
माताmother
माता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सुदृक्good-sighted / clear-seeing
सुदृक्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदृक्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अगाधबुद्धिःof unfathomable intellect
अगाधबुद्धिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअगाधबुद्धि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विन्दुरःdiscerning / wise (epithet)
विन्दुरः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविन्दुर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दीर्घदर्शीfar-seeing / long-sighted
दीर्घदर्शी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घदर्शिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नःof us / our
नः:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
मन्त्रीcounsellor / minister
मन्त्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्रिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुशलम्welfare / well-being
कुशलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुशल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सम्properly / fully
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
पृच्छेI ask / I inquire
पृच्छे:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
FormPresent, Indicative, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
T
the counsellor/minister (mantrī) referred to

Educational Q&A

Sound action in crisis should be sought from a counsellor who is steadfast, deeply intelligent, discerning, and far-sighted—someone whose loyalty and care are as comprehensive as that of a teacher, protector, and even parents.

In the Udyoga Parva’s deliberations before war, Yudhiṣṭhira emphasizes the exceptional worth of a particular adviser and urges that he be respectfully consulted about what will truly serve their welfare.