Shloka 57
Dharma-śaṅkā-nivāraṇa: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Response on Karma-Phala and Trust in Dharma
उत्थानयुक्त: सततं परेषामन्तरैषणे । आनृण्यमाप्रोति नर: परस्यात्मन एव च,शत्रुओंके छिद्रका अन्वेषण करनेके लिये सदा प्रयत्नशील रहे। ऐसा करनेसे वह अपनी और दूसरे लोगोंकी दृष्टिमें भी निर्दोष होता है
utthānayuktaḥ satataṃ pareṣām antaraiṣaṇe | ānṛṇyam āpnoti naraḥ parasya ātman eva ca ||
Wika ni Yudhiṣṭhira: “Dapat laging maging masigla at mapagbantay ang tao sa paghahanap ng mga kahinaan ng kalaban. Sa gayong tuluy-tuloy na pagkamalay at pagsisikap, siya’y nagiging walang kapintasan—sa paningin ng iba at sa sariling budhi—sapagkat nagawa niya ang hinihingi ng tungkulin ayon sa dharma.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should be consistently diligent and strategically alert—especially in assessing an opponent’s weaknesses—so that one can say, before society and one’s own conscience, that one has fulfilled one’s duty without negligence.
In the Vana Parva’s counsel-oriented discourse, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a principle of prudent conduct for a leader: sustained effort and watchfulness in dealing with adversaries, framed as a dharmic obligation rather than mere aggression.