Shloka 24

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana

Keśava-vākya aftermath

Devanagari script

यस्तु निःश्रेयसं श्रुत्वा प्राक्‌ तदेवाभिपद्यते । आत्मनो मतमुत्सूज्य स लोके सुखमेधते

Transliteration

yastu niḥśreyasaṁ śrutvā prāk tadevābhipadyate | ātmano matam utsṛjya sa loke sukham edhate ||

Translation

ਪਰ ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਪਰਮ ਭਲਾਈ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ ਕੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਿੱਦ ਛੱਡ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਉਸੇ ਮਾਰਗ ਨੂੰ ਅਪਣਾ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਖ ਨਾਲ ਫਲਦਾ-ਫੂਲਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निःश्रेयसम्: highest good, welfare
• निःश्रेयसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःश्रेयस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• प्राक्: before/first
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक्

• तत्: that (very thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• अभिपद्यते: resorts to, adopts, accepts
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• मतम्: opinion, view
• मतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन्/मि 'to think' से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned, giving up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (अव्यय-भाव), कर्तरि

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एधते: prospers, thrives
• Type: Verb
• Root: एध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True welfare (niḥśreyasa) comes to one who listens to beneficial counsel and promptly adopts it, setting aside ego-driven insistence on one’s own view; such flexibility and humility lead to happiness and prosperity in society.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented context, Vaiśampāyana articulates a general maxim: when a person hears guidance aimed at the highest good, he should accept it immediately rather than cling to personal opinion—this disposition is praised as leading to worldly flourishing.