Shloka 30

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)

Devanagari script

य एव यत्न: क्रियते परराष्ट्रविमर्दने । स एव यत्न: कर्तव्य: स्वराष्ट्रपरिपालने

Transliteration

ya eva yatnaḥ kriyate pararāṣṭra-vimardane | sa eva yatnaḥ kartavyaḥ svarāṣṭra-paripālane ||

Translation

य एव यत्नः क्रियते परराष्ट्रविमर्दने । स एव यत्नः कर्तव्यः स्वराष्ट्रपरिपालने ॥

Word by Word

• यः: which/that (he/it which)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यत्नः: effort/endeavor
• यत्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रियते: is done/is undertaken
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (Passive sense), Third, Singular

• पर: other/foreign
• पर: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्र: kingdom/state
• राष्ट्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विमर्दने: in crushing/overthrowing
• विमर्दने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमर्दन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सः: that (same)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यत्नः: effort
• यत्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्तव्यः: to be done/should be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्व: one's own
• स्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राष्ट्र: kingdom/state
• राष्ट्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परिपालने: in protection/maintenance
• परिपालने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिपालन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Redirect the intensity used for conquering or destroying others toward the duty of protecting and sustaining one’s own state; ethical governance is superior to aggressive expansion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context, Vidura offers political and moral instruction, warning against destructive ambition and urging responsible care of one’s own realm.