Shloka 10

धृतराष्ट्र-सेवा, राज्य-कार्य-विभागः

Service to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Allocation of State Duties

Devanagari script

मन्त्रे च निश्चये चैव षाड्गुण्यस्य च चिन्तने । विदुरं बुद्धिसम्पन्नं प्रीतिमान्‌ स समादिशत्‌

Transliteration

mantre ca niścaye caiva ṣāḍguṇyasya ca cintane | viduraṃ buddhisampannaṃ prītimān sa samādiśat ||

Translation

ମନ୍ତ୍ରଣା, କର୍ତ୍ତବ୍ୟ-ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଏବଂ ଷାଡ୍ଗୁଣ୍ୟ-ଚିନ୍ତନର କାର୍ଯ୍ୟରେ ସେ ଆନନ୍ଦସହିତ ବୁଦ୍ଧିସମ୍ପନ୍ନ ବିଦୁରଙ୍କୁ ନିଯୁକ୍ତ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• मन्त्रे: in counsel/consultation
• मन्त्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• निश्चये: in decision/determination
• निश्चये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• षाड्गुण्यस्य: of the sixfold policy (ṣāḍguṇya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षाड्गुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चिन्तने: in reflection/deliberation
• चिन्तने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्तन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विदुरम्: Vidura
• विदुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बुद्धिसम्पन्नम्: endowed with intelligence
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिसम्पन्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रीतिमान्: pleased/glad
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समादिशत्: appointed/ordered/assigned
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√दिश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• ṣāḍguṇya (sixfold policy)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Good governance depends on intelligent, ethically grounded counsel: deliberation (mantra), clear determination (niścaya), and disciplined reflection on established principles of policy (ṣāḍguṇya) should be entrusted to the truly wise.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that a ruler, pleased and confident, assigns Vidura—renowned for wisdom—the responsibility for advising, deciding courses of action, and contemplating the six diplomatic strategies of statecraft.