Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 128 Shloka 26 - Mahabharata | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 26

Adhyāya 128 — Proposal to Restrain Keśava; Sātyaki’s Warning and Vidura–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Counsel

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियाणि महत्प्रेप्सुर्नियच्छेदर्थ धर्मयो: । इन्द्रियै्नियतैरबुद्धिर्वर्धतेडग्निरिवेन्धनै:

Transliteration

indriyāṇi mahat prepsur niyacched artha-dharmayoḥ | indriyaiḥ niyatair abuddhir vardhate 'gnir iva indhanaiḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Người khao khát đạt đến địa vị lớn lao phải kiềm chế các giác quan, khiến chúng được điều phục trong việc mưu cầu của cải và trong sự thực hành dharma. Khi các giác quan được chế ngự, trí tuệ tăng trưởng—như ngọn lửa bùng cao khi được tiếp thêm nhiên liệu.

Word by Word

इन्द्रियाणिthe senses

महत्great (goal)

प्रेप्सुःdesirous of obtaining

नियच्छेत्should restrain

अर्थेin/with regard to wealth (worldly aims)

धर्मयोःin/with regard to dharma (righteousness) (twofold sphere)

इन्द्रियैःby/with the senses

नियतैःrestrained, controlled

बुद्धिःintellect, understanding

वर्धतेgrows, increases

अग्निःfire

इवlike, as

इन्धनैःby/with fuels (firewood)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

indriyāṇi (the senses)

artha

dharma

agni (fire)

indhana (fuel)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sense-restraint (indriya-nigraha) is presented as the foundation for attaining higher goals: when one governs the senses within the domains of artha (material life) and dharma (righteous conduct), discernment (buddhi) steadily grows, enabling right choice and steadiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented context, Vaiśampāyana delivers a didactic maxim: he frames ethical preparation for great aims not as mere ambition, but as disciplined regulation of the senses so that one’s intellect becomes strong and luminous.