Shloka 30
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
उपकारं सुहृद्वर्गे योऽपकारञ्च शत्रुषु ।
नृमेघो वर्षति प्राज्ञास्तस्येच्छन्ति सदोन्नतिम् ॥
upakāraṃ suhṛdvarge yo 'pakārañ ca śatruṣu | nṛmegho varṣati prājñās tasyecchanti sadonnatim ||
جو شخص دوستوں کے حلقے کا بھلا کرتا ہے اور دشمنوں کو (ضرورت پڑے تو) مناسب جواب دے سکتا ہے، وہ ‘انسانی بادل’ کی طرح فائدوں کی بارش برساتا ہے؛ دانا لوگ اس کی ترقی اور خوشحالی ہمیشہ چاہتے ہیں۔
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FAQs
Social flourishing comes from beneficence paired with protective firmness. The metaphor ‘human cloud’ frames wealth/power as something meant to circulate as welfare, while strength deters exploitation.
Dharma-nīti teaching (conduct/policy), not a pañcalakṣaṇa passage.
The ‘cloud’ symbolizes a mind that holds resources without clinging and releases them appropriately. ‘Enemies’ can also be inner vices; ‘returning harm’ then indicates disciplined counteraction against harmful impulses.