Shloka 17
Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk
अलोलुपस्तथाल्पेप्सु: कामानामविचिन्तिता । समुद्रकल्प: पुरुष: स दान्त: परिकीर्तित:,जो निर्लोभ, कम-से-कम चाहनेवाला, भोगोंके चिन्तनसे दूर रहनेवाला तथा समुद्रके समान गम्भीर है, उस पुरुषको दान्त (इन्द्रियसंयमी) कहा गया है
alolupas tathālpepsuḥ kāmānām avicintitā | samudrakalpaḥ puruṣaḥ sa dāntaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||
Vidura nói: Người không tham, chỉ mong ít, không để tâm tưởng vướng vào dục lạc, và sâu lắng vững bền như biển cả—người ấy được tán dương là “dānta”, kẻ đã chế ngự các giác quan.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True self-mastery (dānta) is marked by freedom from greed, minimal craving, and refusal to mentally indulge in sense-pleasures; such restraint produces ocean-like depth and steadiness that supports dharmic living.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Vidura is instructing on ethical qualities. Here he defines the ‘dānta’ person—one fit for righteous decision-making amid the tensions leading toward the Kurukṣetra conflict.