Shloka 30

विदुरस्य कृष्णं प्रति शमोपदेशः

Vidura’s Counsel to Krishna on the Limits of Peace

Devanagari script

य: कल्याणगुणान्‌ ज्ञातीन्‌ मोहाल्लो भाद दिदृक्षते । सो<जितात्माजितक्रोधो न चिरं तिष्ठति श्रियम्‌

Transliteration

yaḥ kalyāṇa-guṇān jñātīn mohāl lobhād didṛkṣate | so 'jitātmājita-krodho na ciraṁ tiṣṭhati śriyam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Kẻ vì mê muội và tham lam mà nhìn chính thân tộc mình—những người có phẩm hạnh tốt đẹp—như đối tượng để lợi dụng; kẻ chưa chế ngự được tâm và cơn giận, thì chẳng giữ được phú quý vương quyền lâu dài.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कल्याणगुणान्: auspicious virtues
• कल्याणगुणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणगुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ज्ञातीन्: kinsmen/relatives
• ज्ञातीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मोहात्: from delusion; due to delusion
• मोहात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• लोभात्: from greed; due to greed
• लोभात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• दिदृक्षते: wishes to see; desires to look at
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजितात्मा: one whose self/mind is unconquered
• अजितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजितक्रोधः: one whose anger is unconquered
• अजितक्रोधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजितक्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• चिरम्: for long; long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

• तिष्ठति: stands; remains
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• श्रियम्: prosperity/royal fortune
• श्रियम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī (prosperity/royal fortune)
• jñāti (kinsmen/relatives)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity and sovereignty do not endure for a person who, driven by delusion and greed, treats even virtuous relatives as objects of gain; lack of mastery over the mind and anger undermines lasting success.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration within the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context, a moral warning is stated: a ruler (or any person) who views his own kin through greed and confusion, without self-restraint, cannot long maintain Śrī—royal fortune and stability.