Shloka 27
अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion
बुद्धि, क्षमा और इन्द्रिय-निग्रहके बिना तथा धन वैभवका त्याग किये बिना कोई गण अथवा संघ किसी बुद्धिमान् पुरुषकी आज्ञाके अधीन नहीं रहता है ।।
buddhi-kṣamendriya-nigraha-vihīnaḥ śrī-dhana-vaibhava-tyāga-varjitaś ca na kaścid gaṇaḥ saṅgho vā buddhimato narasyājñāyām ava tiṣṭhati || dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ sva-pakṣoddhāvanaṃ sadā | jñātīnām avināśaḥ syād yathā kṛṣṇa tathā kuru ||
ନାରଦ କହିଲେ—ବୁଦ୍ଧି, କ୍ଷମା ଓ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟ-ନିଗ୍ରହ ବିନା, ଏବଂ ଧନ-ବୈଭବ ପ୍ରତି ଆସକ୍ତି ତ୍ୟାଗ ନ କରି, କୌଣସି ଗଣ କିମ୍ବା ସଂଘ ପ୍ରାଜ୍ଞ ପୁରୁଷଙ୍କ ଆଜ୍ଞାଧୀନ ରହେ ନାହିଁ। ତେଣୁ, ହେ କୃଷ୍ଣ! ଏମିତି କର, ଯେ ତୁମ ପକ୍ଷ ସଦା ଉନ୍ନତ ହେଉ—ଧନ, ଯଶ ଓ ଆୟୁ ବୃଦ୍ଧି ପାଉ—ଏବଂ ତୁମ ଜ୍ଞାତି-ବନ୍ଧୁମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ କାହାରି ବିନାଶ ନ ହେଉ; ଯାହା ସମ୍ଭବ, ସେହିପରି ଉପାୟ କର।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Effective leadership over a collective (gaṇa/saṅgha) depends on inner virtues—discernment, patience, and sense-restraint—and on freedom from attachment to wealth and splendor. Political success should be pursued in a way that increases welfare and reputation while preventing harm to one’s own kin.
Nārada is giving counsel to Kṛṣṇa: he explains why groups do not remain under a leader’s command when the leader lacks self-mastery and renunciation, and he urges Kṛṣṇa to strengthen his own side in an auspicious, fame-enhancing, life-preserving way that avoids the ruin of relatives.