Shloka 26

Devanagari script

सुवृत्तो भव राजेन्द्र पाण्डवान्‌ प्रति मानद | अधर्षणीय: शत्रूणां तैर्व॒तस्त्वं भविष्यसि,राजेन्द्र! आप पाण्डवोंके प्रति सद्‌व्यवहार करें। मानद! उनसे सुरक्षित होकर आप शत्रुओंके लिये दुर्धर्ष हो जाये

Transliteration

suvṛtto bhava rājendra pāṇḍavān prati mānada | adharṣaṇīyaḥ śatrūṇāṃ tair vṛtatas tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi rājendra ||

Translation

రాజేంద్రా! పాండవుల పట్ల సద్భావంతో, సదాచారంతో ప్రవర్తించు, ఓ మానద. వారి ఆశ్రయంతో నీవు శత్రువులకు అజేయుడవుతావు.

Word by Word

सुवृत्तःwell-conducted, of good conduct

भवbe (you should be)

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

प्रतिtowards, with regard to

मानदO giver of honor

अधर्षणीयःunassailable, not to be overpowered

शत्रूणाम्of enemies

तैःby them (by those Pandavas)

वृतःprotected, surrounded

त्वम्you

भविष्यसिyou will become

राजेन्द्रO king of kings

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Rājendra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed)

Pāṇḍavas

Śatravaḥ (enemies)

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?

A king should practice upright, respectful conduct toward the righteous (here, the Pāṇḍavas); ethical alliance and fair treatment create both moral legitimacy and strategic security, making one difficult for enemies to overcome.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels the Kuru king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) to treat the Pāṇḍavas properly; he argues that if the king stands with them and is protected by them, hostile forces will not be able to harm him.