Shloka 72
Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38
अक्रोधेन जयेत् क्रोधमसाधुं साधुना जयेत् । जयेत् कदर्य दानेन जयेत् सत्येन चानृतम्,अक्रोधसे क्रोधको जीते, असाधुको सद-व्यवहारसे वशमें करे, कृपणको दानसे जीते और झूठ-पर सत्यसे विजय प्राप्त करे
akrodhena jayet krodham asādhuṁ sādhunā jayet | jayet kadaryaṁ dānena jayet satyena cānṛtam ||
Itinuro ni Vidura: “Daigin ang galit sa pamamagitan ng kawalan ng galit (akrodha); daigin ang masama sa pamamagitan ng asal ng mabuti; daigin ang kuripot sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay; at daigin ang kasinungalingan sa pamamagitan ng matatag na katotohanan.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory in dharma is achieved by responding to vice with its opposite virtue: anger with calmness, wickedness with goodness, miserliness with generosity, and falsehood with truth.
In Udyoga Parva, as tensions rise toward war, Vidura offers Nīti (statecraft and moral counsel), advising that ethical strength and restraint are more effective than retaliation in resolving conflict and guiding conduct.