Shloka 34
Vāmadeva’s Rājadharma: Norm-Setting, Counsel, and the Prevention of Rāṣṭra-Vināśa (वामदेव-प्रोक्तं राजधर्मम्)
अथ यो गुणसम्पन्नान् हृदयस्यथाप्रियानपि । प्रियेण कुरुते वश्यांश्वचिरं यशसि तिष्ठति
atha yo guṇasampannān hṛdayasyātha priyān api | priyeṇa kurute vaśyāṁśv aciraṁ yaśasi tiṣṭhati ||
Vāmadeva disse: “Aquele que, com afetuosa consideração, conquista a adesão—até mesmo dos virtuosos e queridos ao seu coração—logo se estabelece firmemente na boa reputação.”
वामदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Affectionate, pleasing conduct is an ethical and practical force: it makes even virtuous and close people willingly cooperative, and it quickly results in stable good reputation.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, the sage Vāmadeva states a maxim about interpersonal governance: winning people through kindness and what is pleasing leads to influence and enduring fame.