Shloka 45

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

vaiparītakṛc ca me śatrur niyamyaś ca bhaven naraḥ |

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“凡违逆我命令者，皆为我之仇敌；能自持克己、安住纪律者，便是忠诚的拥护者。”在此情境中，素以慈悲著称的优提湿提罗屡屡告诫诸弟与群臣：持国王值得尊敬；在他看来，顺从这位老王乃友爱与正法之标志，而抗命则招致惩罚。

Word by Word

• {'vaiparītakṛt': 'one who acts oppositely

• a contrarian, disobedient person', 'ca': 'and', 'me': 'my', 'śatruḥ': 'enemy', 'niyamyaḥ': 'one who is restrained/controlled

• disciplined, obedient', 'bhavet': 'would be

• becomes', 'naraḥ': 'man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Respect for rightful authority and elders is presented as a practical expression of dharma: disciplined obedience sustains social order, while willful contrariness is treated as hostility and becomes liable to punishment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports Yudhiṣṭhira’s stance toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra after the war: he instructs brothers and ministers to honor the elder king, defining friends as those who follow Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s directives and enemies as those who oppose them.