Shloka 41

धृतराष्ट्र-सत्कारः तथा श्राद्ध-दाने नियमनम् | Honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Regulating Śrāddha-Gifts

Devanagari script

विपरीतकश्न मे शत्रुर्नियम्यश्न भवेन्नर: । राजा युधिष्ठिर बड़े दयालु थे। वे सदा प्रसन्न रहकर अपने भाइयों और मन्त्रियोंसे कहा करते थे कि “ये राजा धृतराष्ट्र मेरे और आपलोगोंके माननीय हैं। जो इनकी आज्ञाके अधीन रहता है

Transliteration

vaiparītakaś ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ |

Translation

毗舍摩波耶那说：“凡违逆此道者，是我的仇敌；能自持克制——顺服国王之命——便仍在治道之内，常蒙我恩。”在此情境中，以慈悲著称的坚战王屡屡告诫诸弟与群臣：持国王当受敬奉；顺从持国王的指令，应视同对坚战王本人的忠顺；若敢违逆，便是敌意，当受惩处。

Word by Word

• {'vaiparītakaḥ': 'one who acts oppositely

• contrary conduct', 'ca': 'and', 'me': 'my', 'śatruḥ': 'enemy', 'niyamyaḥ': 'to be restrained/regulated

• one who should be kept under discipline', 'bhavet': 'would be

• becomes', 'naraḥ': 'man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Loyalty is defined by disciplined obedience to rightful authority and reverence for those who are to be honored; deliberate contrariness is treated as enmity and invites daṇḍa (punitive correction).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports Yudhiṣṭhira’s policy statement to his brothers and ministers: Dhṛtarāṣṭra is to be regarded as venerable, and those who follow his commands are counted as Yudhiṣṭhira’s well-wishers, while those who oppose are treated as enemies liable to punishment.