Shloka 50
Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)
धर्म्यमर्थसमायुक्तमुवाच वचन हितम् | कौसल्ये धर्मतन्त्र॑ त्वां यद् ब्रवीमि निबोध तत्
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
dharmyam arthasamāyuktam uvāca vacanaṁ hitam |
kausalyē dharmatantre tvaṁ yad bravīmi nibodha tat ||
ସେ ଧର୍ମ୍ୟ, ଅର୍ଥସମ୍ମତ ଓ ହିତକର ବଚନ କହିଲେ— “ହେ କୌସଲ୍ୟେ! ଧର୍ମଶାସନରେ ନିଷ୍ଠା ରଖି ମୁଁ ଯାହା କହୁଛି, ତାହା ଭଲଭାବେ ବୁଝ।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech should be both dharmic (morally right) and artha-aligned (practically wise), and it should be offered as hita—genuinely for the listener’s welfare—requiring attentive reception.
The narrator signals that a woman (contextually, an elder giving guidance) addresses Kausalyā with a beneficial instruction framed as dharma- and artha-consistent counsel, preparing the listener to heed what follows.