Shloka 1536
Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38
अल्पेअ्प्यपकृते मोहान्न शान्तिमधिगच्छति । फिर वह नीच पुरुष निन्दा करनेके लिये यत्न करता है, थोड़ा भी अपराध हो जानेपर मोहवश विनाशके लिये उद्योग आरम्भ कर देता है। उसे तनिक भी शान्ति नहीं मिलती
alpe 'py apakṛte mohān na śāntim adhigacchati |
Sabi ni Vidura: Kahit bahagya lamang ang pagkakasala, ang taong nalulunod sa pagkahibang ay hindi nakakamit ang kapayapaan. Sa halip, ang hamak ang pag-iisip ay nagsisikap manira at maghanap ng masisisi; at dahil sa munting pagkukulang, nagsisimula siya ng mga gawaing humahantong sa kapahamakan—ni katiting na katahimikan ay wala para sa kanya.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Delusion (moha) makes a person magnify even minor offences, pushing him toward fault-finding and destructive retaliation; such a mind cannot gain śānti (inner peace). The ethical counsel is to restrain reactive hostility and avoid escalating small harms into ruin.
In Vidura’s counsel (Vidura-nīti) within the Udyoga Parva, he warns about the psychology of the ignoble person: even a slight provocation becomes fuel for condemnation and harmful action. The verse functions as moral instruction aimed at preventing needless escalation in an already tense political situation.