Shloka 26
यस्मात् त्रस्यन्ति भूतानि मृगव्याधान्मृगा इव । सागरान्तामपि महीं लब्ध्वा स परिहीयते,जैसे व्याधसे हरिन भयभीत होते हैं, उसी प्रकार जिससे समस्त प्राणी डरते हैं, वह समुद्रपर्यन्त पृथ्वीका राज्य पाकर भी प्रजाजनोंके द्वारा त्याग दिया जाता है
yasmāt trasyanti bhūtāni mṛgavyādhān mṛgā iva | sāgarāntām api mahīṁ labdhvā sa parihīyate ||
ଯାହାକୁ ଦେଖି ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ଶିକାରୀକୁ ଦେଖି ହରିଣ ଯେପରି ଭୟଭୀତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି ସେପରି ଭୟ କରନ୍ତି, ସେ ସମୁଦ୍ରାନ୍ତ ପୃଥିବୀର ରାଜ୍ୟ ପାଇଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଜାଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପରିତ୍ୟକ୍ତ ହୁଏ।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler who governs through fear becomes detestable and unstable; even the greatest territorial power cannot secure loyalty if subjects live in terror. True kingship rests on protection, justice, and trust rather than intimidation.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel and negotiations before the great war, Vidura delivers moral-political instruction (nīti) to warn against oppressive conduct. He uses the vivid simile of deer fleeing a hunter to describe how people naturally withdraw from a fear-inducing ruler, ultimately abandoning him despite his vast dominion.