Shloka 17

कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft

Devanagari script

नासूयको न चापीर्षुर्नाभिमानी न मत्सरी । भविष्यति जनस्तत्र स्वयं धर्ममनुव्रत:,“वहाँ कोई न तो दूसरेके दोष देखनेवाला होगा और न ईर्ष्यालु। न किसीमें अभिमान होगा और न मार्त्सर्य (द्वेष)। वहाँके सब लोग स्वयं ही धर्ममें तत्पर होंगे

Transliteration

nāsūyako na cāpīrṣur nābhimānī na matsarī | bhaviṣyati janas tatra svayaṃ dharmam anuvrataḥ ||

Translation

ସେଠାରେ କେହି ଅନ୍ୟର ଦୋଷ ଖୋଜିବେ ନାହିଁ, କେହି ଈର୍ଷ୍ୟାଳୁ ହେବେ ନାହିଁ। କାହାରେ ଅଭିମାନ ନଥିବ, କାହାରେ ଦ୍ୱେଷ ମଧ୍ୟ ନଥିବ। ସେଠାର ଲୋକେ ସ୍ୱୟଂ ଧର୍ମକୁ ଅନୁସରି ଧର୍ମନିଷ୍ଠ ରହିବେ।

Word by Word

नnot

असूयकःfault-finding, censorious

नnor/not

चand

अपिeven/also

ईर्ष्युःjealous, envious

नnot

अभिमानीproud, self-conceited

नnor/not

मत्सरीmalicious, spiteful

भविष्यतिwill be

जनःpeople (as a class)

तत्रthere

स्वयम्by oneself

धर्मम्dharma, righteousness

अनुव्रतःfollowing, devoted (to)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

janaḥ (the people)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic society is marked by inner restraint: absence of fault-finding (asūyā), jealousy (īrṣyā), pride (abhimāna), and malice (matsara). True righteousness is not forced externally; it is sustained when people willingly align themselves with dharma (svayaṃ dharmam anuvrataḥ).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the moral character of the people in a particular place or realm being spoken of in the Virāṭa Parva context, emphasizing that the inhabitants naturally live without envy, arrogance, or spite and are self-motivated followers of dharma.