Shloka 43

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana

Keśava-vākya aftermath

Devanagari script

छिद्यते ह्याततं सर्व प्रमाणं पश्य भारत । श्रेयस्ते दुर्जनात्‌ तात पाण्डवैः सह संगतम्‌,“भरतनन्दन! देखो, ईर्ष्यालु मनुष्यके समक्ष प्रस्तुत किये हुए सम्पूर्ण विस्तृत प्रमाण भी उच्छिन्न-से हो जाते हैं। तात! किसी दुष्ट मनुष्यका साथ करनेकी अपेक्षा पाण्डवोंके साथ मेल-मिलाप रखना तुम्हारे लिये विशेष कल्याणकारी है

Transliteration

chidyate hy ātatam sarva-pramāṇaṃ paśya bhārata | śreyas te durjanāt tāta pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṅgatam ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“看吧，婆罗多啊：在嫉妒而心怀恶意之人面前，即便把一整套周密铺陈的证据尽数陈列，也会被截断，变得毫无效力。因此，亲爱的孩子，对你而言，与其结交恶人，不如与般度五子相亲相和、重归和睦，更为吉祥。”

Word by Word

• {'chidyate': 'is cut off, is severed, is rendered ineffective', 'hi': 'indeed, surely', 'ātatam': 'spread out, extended, elaborated', 'sarva-pramāṇam': 'all evidence/proof

• the whole body of arguments and authorities', 'paśya': 'see, behold, consider', 'bhārata': 'O Bhārata (address to a descendant of Bharata

• here, Dhṛtarāṣṭra)', 'śreyas': 'the better course

• what is more beneficial', 'te': 'for you, your', 'durjanāt': 'from/than a wicked person

• from bad company', 'tāta': 'dear one

• child (affectionate address)', 'pāṇḍavaiḥ': 'with the Pāṇḍavas', 'saha': 'together with', 'saṅgatam': 'association, companionship

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even strong reasoning and evidence fail before envy and malice; therefore one should choose wholesome association—here, reconciliation with the Pāṇḍavas—over the influence of wicked company.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, narrating to Janamejaya, reports counsel directed to ‘Bhārata’ (Dhṛtarāṣṭra): he is urged to abandon the sway of ill-willed advisers and instead align himself with the Pāṇḍavas, as this is the more beneficial path amid the looming conflict.