Shloka 10
अर्जुनस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति क्षात्रधर्मोपदेशः | Arjuna’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira on Kṣatra-Dharma
जित्वारीन क्षत्रधर्मेण प्राप्प राज्यमकण्टकम् । विजितात्मा मनुष्येन्द्र यज्ञदानपरो भव
Vaishampāyana uvāca: jitvārīn kṣatradharmeṇa prāpya rājyam akaṇṭakam | vijitātmā manuṣyendra yajñadānaparo bhava ||
ویشَمپایَن نے کہا—“اے نرَیندر! تم نے کشتریہ دھرم کے مطابق دشمنوں کو فتح کرکے بے کانٹا (بے رکاوٹ) راج حاصل کیا ہے۔ اب اپنے نفس کو قابو میں رکھو اور یَجْن اور دان میں مشغول ہو جاؤ۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
After external victory, the ruler must pursue inner victory (self-mastery) and use sovereignty for dharmic ends—supporting yajña (public religious order) and dāna (generosity and welfare).
Vaiśampāyana addresses a king as “manuṣyendra,” noting that he has won an unobstructed kingdom by the warrior code, and urges him to shift from conquest to disciplined, charitable, and ritually grounded kingship.