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Shloka 16

अध्याय ६४ — सभामध्ये क्रोध-निवारणम्

Restraint of wrath in the royal assembly

लभ्यते खलु पापीयान्‌ नरो नु प्रियवागिह । अप्रियस्य हि पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभ:,इस संसारमें सदा मनको प्रिय लगनेवाले वचन बोलनेवाला महापापी मनुष्य भी अवश्य मिल सकता है; परंतु हितकर होते हुए भी अप्रिय वचनको कहने और सुननेवाले दोनों दुर्लभ हैं

labhyate khalu pāpīyān naro nu priyavāg iha | apriyasya hi pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ ||

ในโลกนี้ย่อมหาคนบาปหนักผู้กล่าวแต่ถ้อยคำอันน่าฟังได้แน่แท้; แต่ผู้กล่าวถ้อยคำอันเป็นประโยชน์แม้ไม่น่าฟัง และผู้ยอมฟังถ้อยคำอันเป็นประโยชน์แต่ขมขื่นนั้น—ทั้งสองล้วนหาได้ยาก

लभ्यतेis obtained / is found
लभ्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormLat, Atmanepada, Karmani, Prathama, Eka
खलुindeed
खलु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootखलु
पापीयान्more sinful / very wicked
पापीयान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपापीयस् (पाप)
FormPum, Prathama, Eka
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormPum, Prathama, Eka
नुindeed / surely (emphatic particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
प्रियवाक्one who speaks pleasing words
प्रियवाक्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रियवाच् (प्रिय + वाच्)
FormPum, Prathama, Eka
इहhere / in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अप्रियस्यof (that which is) unpleasant
अप्रियस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootअप्रिय
FormNapum, Shashthi, Eka
हिfor / indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
पथ्यस्यof (that which is) wholesome / beneficial
पथ्यस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootपथ्य
FormNapum, Shashthi, Eka
वक्ताa speaker
वक्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवक्तृ (from √वच्)
FormPum, Prathama, Eka
श्रोताa listener
श्रोता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोतृ (from √श्रु)
FormPum, Prathama, Eka
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दुर्लभःrare / hard to find
दुर्लभः:
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्लभ
FormPum, Prathama, Eka

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura

Educational Q&A

Ethical speech is not measured by how pleasant it sounds but by whether it is truly beneficial (pathya). People who flatter are easy to find, but those who can speak hard truths for another’s good—and those mature enough to accept them—are rare.

In the Sabha Parva’s courtly setting, Vidura offers moral counsel, contrasting flattering, pleasing speech with the difficult duty of giving and receiving corrective, welfare-oriented advice—an important standard for rulers and assemblies.