Shloka 7
Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38
जो वृद्धि भविष्यमें नाशका कारण बने, उसे अधिक महत्त्व नहीं देना चाहिये और उस क्षयका भी बहुत आदर करना चाहिये, जो आगे चलकर अभ्युदयका कारण हो ।।
vidura uvāca | na sa kṣayo mahārāja yaḥ kṣayo vṛddhim āvahet | kṣayaḥ sa tv iha mantavyo yaṁ labdhvā bahu nāśayet ||
Wika ni Vidura: “O Maharaja, ang pagkawala na nagbubunga ng pagdami sa hinaharap ay hindi tunay na pagkawala. Sa daigdig na ito, ituring ding ‘pagkawala’ ang pakinabang na, kapag nakuha, sumisira sa maraming iba pang kapakinabangan. Kaya huwag mong pahalagahan ang pag-unlad na magiging sanhi ng kapahamakan, at huwag mong hamakin ang pagliit na magiging sanhi ng kasaganaan.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Evaluate ‘gain’ and ‘loss’ by their long-term consequences: a present loss that leads to future welfare is not real loss, while a present gain that destroys greater goods is effectively loss.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) with practical dharma and political wisdom, urging him to judge choices not by immediate profit but by whether they preserve or ruin lasting prosperity and righteousness.