Shloka 11

Devanagari script

विपरीतान्निगृह्नीयात्‌ स्वं हि संधिविशारद:

Transliteration

viparītān nigṛhṇīyāt svaṃ hi saṃdhiviśāradaḥ

Translation

ธฤตราษฏระกล่าวว่า: “ผู้ชำนาญในการทำสันติและพันธไมตรี พึงข่มใจตนเองเมื่อแรงผลักภายในพาไปในทางตรงข้าม (ต่อความถูกต้องและความรอบคอบ)” นี่คือคุณธรรมแห่งรัฐบุรุษ—มิใช่ปล่อยตามอารมณ์ หากเป็นการสำรวมตนเพื่อความปรองดองและธรรมะ

Word by Word

• विपरीतान्: the adverse/opponents
• विपरीतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपरीत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निगृह्नीयात्: should restrain/subdue
• निगृह्नीयात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ग्रह्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वम्: one's own (side/people)
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• संधिविशारदः: one skilled in making alliances/treaties
• संधिविशारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: संधिविशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that genuine diplomatic wisdom (saṃdhi-viśāradatā) requires mastery over oneself: when one’s own tendencies become ‘viparīta’—contrary to dharma or sound judgment—one should restrain them rather than act on them.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Ashramavāsika context, Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks reflectively, emphasizing restraint and the discipline needed for peace-making—an ethical counterpoint to the destructive consequences of unrestrained impulses that have already unfolded in the epic.