Shloka 433
अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira
ऋजुं पश्यति मेधावी पुत्रवत् पाति न: सदा । 'ये भरतकुलभूषण युधिष्छिर शत्रुओंपर भी दया करनेवाले और परम पवित्र हैं। बुद्धिमान होनेके साथ ही ये सबको सरलभावसे देखनेवाले हैं और हमलोगोंका सदा पुत्रवत् पालन करते हैं
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वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True leadership is marked by wisdom joined with straightforward, unbiased vision and sustained, familial care for dependents—protecting others not merely by power but by dutiful affection.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana describes a revered figure’s qualities—his discerning intelligence, his simple and direct way of seeing, and his constant protection of others as if they were his own—framing him as an ethical guardian within the Ashramavāsika context.