Shloka 13

Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum

Udyoga-parva 35

Devanagari script

यादृशै: संनिविशते यादृशांश्वोपसेवते । यादृगिच्छेच्च भवितुं तादूगू भवति पूरुष:,मनुष्य जैसे लोगोंके साथ रहता है, जैसे लोगोंकी सेवा करता है और जैसा होना चाहता है, वैसा ही हो जाता है

Transliteration

yādṛśaiḥ saṁniviśate yādṛśāṁś copasevate | yādṛg icchec ca bhavituṁ tādṛg bhavati pūruṣaḥ ||

Translation

Человек становится подобен тому кругу, в котором живёт: с какими людьми общается, каким служит и за какими следует, и каким втайне желает стать — таким он постепенно и делается.

Word by Word

यादृशैःwith what kind (of people)

संनिविशतेassociates/dwells (with)

यादृशान्what kind (of people)

चand

उपसेवतेserves/attends upon

यादृक्what kind (of person/state)

इच्छेत्would wish/desire

चand

भवितुम्to become

तादृक्such (a one), of that kind

भवतिbecomes

पूरुषःa man/person

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Character is shaped by association and service: the people one lives with and follows, together with one’s chosen ideal, steadily mold one’s nature. Therefore, dharmic progress requires choosing uplifting companions and worthy exemplars.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s instructional discourse attributed to Haṁsa, a moral maxim is stated to guide conduct before the great conflict: one’s future disposition and actions are strongly determined by one’s social environment, loyalties, and aspirations.