Shloka 4
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 28: Dharmādharmalakṣaṇa in Āpad
Crisis-Discernment of Right and Wrong
न त्वं धर्म विचारं संजयेह मत्तश्न जानासि युधिष्ठिराच्च । अथो कस्मात् संजय पाण्डवस्य उत्साहिन: पूरयत: स्वकर्म
na tvaṁ dharma-vicāraṁ saṁjayeha mattaś ca jānāsi yudhiṣṭhirāc ca | atho kasmāt saṁjaya pāṇḍavasya utsāhinaḥ pūrayataḥ sva-karma ||
Wika ni Vāyu: “Huwag kang maghasik ng pag-aalinlangan tungkol sa dharma, Sañjaya. Batid mong mabuti na sa akin at kay Yudhiṣṭhira ay hindi maaaring magkaroon ng pagkalihis sa katuwiran. Kung gayon, bakit noon ay nagkimkim o nagsalita ka ng pangamba na mawawala ang dharma ng Pāṇḍava—na si Yudhiṣṭhira, na may matatag na sigasig ay tinutupad ang sariling tungkulin? Namumuhay siya bilang maybahay ayon mismo sa itinuturo ng mga śāstra; sa anong batayan mo pinaghinalaan ang pagkukulang sa kanya?”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not suspect moral failure in a person known for steadfast adherence to svadharma. Dharma is recognized through consistent conduct—zealously fulfilling one’s prescribed duties—rather than through anxious speculation.
Vāyu addresses Sañjaya and rebukes him for entertaining doubts about Yudhiṣṭhira’s righteousness. He points out that Yudhiṣṭhira is diligent in performing his prescribed duties, so Sañjaya’s earlier fear of a ‘loss of dharma’ is unfounded.