Shloka 11
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk
जो दमरूपी गुणसे युक्त है, उसीको दान, क्षमा और सिद्धिका यथार्थ लाभ प्राप्त होता है; क्योंकि दम ही दान, तपस्या, ज्ञान और स्वाध्यायका सम्पादन करता है ।।
vidura uvāca | yo dama-rūpī guṇena yuktaḥ sa eva dāna-kṣamā-siddhīnāṁ yathārtha-lābhaṁ prāpnoti | yato dama eva dāna-tapasā-jñāna-svādhyāyānāṁ sampādakaḥ || damas tejo vardhayati pavitro dama uttamaḥ | vipāpmā vṛddha-tejās tu puruṣo vindate mahat ||
विदुर उवाच— यो दमरूपेण गुणेन युक्तः स एव दानक्षमा-सिद्धीनां यथार्थफलमश्नुते; यतो दमेनेव दानं तपो ज्ञानं स्वाध्यायश्च निष्पद्यते। दमस्तेजो वर्धयति; पवित्रो दम उत्तमः। विपाप्मा वृद्धतेजास्तु पुरुषो दमेन् महत्—परं ब्रह्म—विन्दते।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-restraint (dama) is presented as the enabling virtue: it makes charity, forgiveness, austerity, knowledge, and sacred study effective, and it purifies a person while increasing inner radiance, culminating in the highest spiritual attainment.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled setting, Vidura instructs on ethical discipline, emphasizing that inner governance—control of senses and mind—is the foundation for all other virtues and for reaching the supreme good.