Shloka 32

Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38

Devanagari script

तांस्त्वं पदे प्रतिष्ठाप्प लोके विगतकल्मष: । भविष्यसि नरश्रेष्ठ पूजनीयो मनीषिणाम्‌

Transliteration

tāṁs tvaṁ pade pratiṣṭhāpya loke vigata-kalmaṣaḥ | bhaviṣyasi naraśreṣṭha pūjanīyo manīṣiṇām ||

Translation

Ó melhor dos homens! Se os restabeleceres no posto régio que lhes é de direito, a mancha pública que te pesa será lavada. Por esse ato de justiça e contenção, tornar-te-ás digno de honra aos olhos dos sábios.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• पदे: in the position/office (rank)
• पदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having established/installed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विगत-कल्मषः: free from sin/stain (blemish removed)
• विगत-कल्मषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विगतकल्मष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Future (Simple Future/लृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नर-श्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पूजनीयः: worthy of honor/worship
• पूजनीयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजनीय
• Form: अनीयर् (gerundive), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनीषिणाम्: of the wise
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• the addressed king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)
• the dispossessed rightful heirs (Pāṇḍavas, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Restoring others to their rightful place is a dharmic act that removes moral blemish and earns the respect of the wise; political power should be guided by justice and public accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels the Kuru king to avert impending conflict by reinstating the wronged party in their royal station; he frames this as both moral purification and a path to lasting honor.