Shloka 15

Devanagari script

धर्मयुक्तानि कार्याणि व्यवहारान्वितानि च । धृतराष्ट्रा भ्यनुज्ञातो विदुरस्तान्यकारयत्‌,धृतराष्ट्रकी आज्ञासे विदुरजी उनके समस्त धार्मिक और व्यावहारिक कार्य करते-कराते थे

Transliteration

dharma-yuktāni kāryāṇi vyavahārānvitāni ca | dhṛtarāṣṭrābhyanujñāto viduras tāny akārayat ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— धर्मयुक्तानि कार्याणि व्यवहारान्वितानि च । धृतराष्ट्राभ्यनुज्ञातो विदुरस्तान्यकारयत् ॥

Word by Word

धर्मयुक्तानिendowed with dharma; righteous

कार्याणिtasks; duties; works

व्यवहारान्वितानिaccompanied by practical affairs; administrative

चand

धृतराष्ट्रात्from Dhṛtarāṣṭra

अभ्यनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted/authorized

विदुरःVidura

तानिthose (things)

अकारयत्caused to be done; had (them) carried out

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)

ध

धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

व

विदुर (Vidura)

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?

Ethical life is not separate from practical life: duties should be dharma-grounded while also competently managing worldly affairs. Vidura exemplifies righteous administration under legitimate authorization.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the opening of Āśramavāsika Parva, Dhṛtarāṣṭra authorizes Vidura, and Vidura oversees and arranges the king’s religiously proper duties and practical matters, ensuring order and propriety in their conduct.