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Shloka 24

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 148: Vāsudeva’s Report—Mobilization and the Nīti Sequence

Sāma–Bheda–Daṇḍa

Devanagari script

एवं वदान्यो धर्मज्ञ: सत्यसंधश्न सो5भवत्‌ । प्रिय: प्रजानामपि संस्त्वग्दोषेण प्रदूषित:

Transliteration

evaṁ vadānyo dharmajñaḥ satyasaṅdhaś ca so 'bhavat | priyaḥ prajānām api sa tvagdoṣeṇa pradūṣitaḥ ||

Translation

ดังนี้ แม้เขาจะเป็นผู้ใจกว้าง รู้ธรรม มั่นคงในสัตย์ และเป็นที่รักของปวงประชา กระนั้นก็ยังถูกมองว่ามีมลทินเพราะโทษแห่งโรคผิวหนังดังที่กล่าวไว้ก่อน

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

वदान्यःgenerous, liberal

धर्मज्ञःknower of dharma

सत्यसन्धःtrue to his vow, of firm truth-pledge

सःhe

अभवत्was, became

प्रियःdear, beloved

प्रजानाम्of the subjects/people

अपिalso, even

संस्त्वग्दोषेणby a skin-disease (leprosy-like ailment)

प्रदूषितःtainted, defiled

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (speaker)

prajāḥ (the people/subjects)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Inner virtues—generosity, knowledge of dharma, and fidelity to truth—do not necessarily protect one from social stigma; ethical discernment requires looking beyond external conditions and bodily afflictions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva describes a person who possessed exemplary moral qualities and was loved by the people, yet due to a previously mentioned skin ailment he was viewed as ‘tainted,’ highlighting the tension between public perception and true merit.