Shloka 11
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
यस्त्वेतानि प्रमाणानि यथोक्तान्यनुपश्यति । युक्तो धर्मार्थयोज्ञनि स राज्यमधिगच्छति
yas tv etāni pramāṇāni yathoktāny anupaśyati | yukto dharmārthayojñāni sa rājyam adhigacchati ||
ผู้ใดพิจารณามาตรฐานเหล่านี้ให้ตรงตามที่กล่าวไว้ และตั้งมั่นในการรู้เท่าทันและนำธรรมะกับอรรถะไปใช้ ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้ควรแก่การได้มาซึ่งราชสมบัติ
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right rulership arises from careful, faithful examination of valid standards (pramāṇas) and steady engagement in both dharma (moral law) and artha (practical governance). Such balanced discernment makes one worthy of sovereignty.
In Vidura’s counsel within the Udyoga Parva, he outlines criteria and principles for sound judgment and governance; here he concludes that the person who understands and applies these principles properly is the one who can truly attain and hold royal power.