Shloka 3

कृपवाक्यं तथा नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel and a Discourse on Statecraft

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिरे समासक्तां धर्मज्ञे धर्मसंवृताम्‌ । असत्सु दुर्लभां नित्यं सतां चाभिमतां सदा,उनकी वह बात धर्मज्ञ युधिष्ठिससे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाली तथा धर्मसे युक्त थी। वह दुष्ट पुरुषोंके लिये सदा दुर्लभ और सत्पुरुषोंको सदैव प्रिय लगने-वाली थी

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhire samāsaktāṃ dharmajñe dharmasaṃvṛtām | asatsu durlabhāṃ nityaṃ satāṃ cābhimatāṃ sadā ||

Translation

ఆ వచనం ధర్మజ్ఞుడైన యుధిష్ఠిరునితో సన్నిహితంగా సంబంధించినదీ, ధర్మముచే ఆవరించబడినదీ అయెను. దుష్టులకు అది నిత్యం దుర్లభము; సజ్జనులకు మాత్రం ఎల్లప్పుడూ ప్రియమై ఆమోదనీయమై ఉండెను.

Word by Word

युधिष्ठिरेin/with regard to Yudhiṣṭhira

समासक्ताम्attached/connected (to)

धर्मज्ञेin the knower of dharma

धर्मसंवृताम्covered/guarded by dharma; endowed with dharma

असत्सुamong the wicked/bad people

दुर्लभाम्hard to obtain/rare

नित्यम्always

सताम्of the good/virtuous people

चand

अभिमताम्dear/approved/desired

सदाalways

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

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?

Speech or counsel grounded in dharma naturally aligns with a dharma-knowing person like Yudhiṣṭhira; such righteousness is unattractive or inaccessible to the wicked, but consistently valued by the virtuous.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana characterizes a particular statement/counsel as being intimately connected with Yudhiṣṭhira and protected by dharma, highlighting how the same message is rejected by the immoral yet welcomed by the good.