Shloka 37
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma
य आत्मन: प्रियसुखे हित्वा मृगयते श्रियम्,जो अपने प्रिय और सुखका परित्याग करके सम्पत्तिका अन्वेषण करता है, वह शीघ्र ही अपने मन्त्रियोंका हर्ष बढ़ाता है
ya ātmanaḥ priyasukhe hitvā mṛgayate śriyam, sa śīghraṃ svamantriṇāṃ harṣaṃ vardhayati
वायुरुवाच— य आत्मनः प्रियसुखे हित्वा श्रियम् अन्वेष्टुं प्रवर्तते, स शीघ्रम् अमात्यानां हर्षं विश्वासं च वर्धयति।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A leader who sacrifices personal comfort to pursue the kingdom’s prosperity strengthens the morale and trust of his counsellors; disciplined effort for public welfare inspires the governing circle.
Vāyu is speaking a maxim on conduct: he describes how renouncing private pleasures in order to seek prosperity has an immediate political effect—ministers become pleased and encouraged, seeing the ruler’s seriousness and commitment.