Shloka 68
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
यः पज्चाभ्यन्तराउ्छत्रूनविजित्य मनोमयान् । जिगीषति रिपूनन्यान् रिपवो5भिभवन्ति तम्
yaḥ pañcābhyantarān śatrūn avijitya manomayān | jigīṣati ripūn anyān ripavo 'bhibhavanti tam ||
ผู้ใดมิได้พิชิตศัตรูภายในทั้งห้าที่เกิดจากใจเสียก่อน แต่กลับใฝ่จะชนะศัตรูภายนอก ผู้นั้นย่อมถูกศัตรูเหล่านั้นครอบงำและปราบลง
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
External victory is unreliable without inner victory: one must first subdue the five internal, mind-born enemies (often understood as the unruly senses and their impulses). Otherwise, a person becomes vulnerable and is defeated despite aiming to conquer others.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura is giving moral and political counsel. Here he warns that a ruler or aspirant who tries to overcome opponents without first mastering inner passions and sense-driven tendencies will be overpowered—because inner disorder undermines judgment, discipline, and strategy.