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Shloka 101

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

दश धर्म न जानन्ति धृतराष्ट्र निबोध तान्‌ । मत्त: प्रमत्त उन्मत्तः श्रान्तः क्रुद्धों बुभुक्षित:,महाराज धृतराष्ट्र! दस प्रकारके लोग धर्मके तत्त्वको नहीं जानते, उनके नाम सुनो। नशेमें मतवाला, असावधान, पागल, थका हुआ, क्रोधी, भूखा, जल्दबाज, लोभी, भयभीत और कामी-ये दस हैं। अतः इन सब लोगोंमें विद्वान्‌ पुरुष आसक्त न होवे

daśa dharmaṁ na jānanti dhṛtarāṣṭra nibodha tān | mattaḥ pramatta unmattāḥ śrāntaḥ kruddho bubhukṣitaḥ |

毗度罗说道:“噢,持国啊,当明白此事:有十类人不知达摩之真义。听其名——醉者,疏忽者,狂乱者,疲惫者,暴怒者,以及为饥饿所逼迫者……”

दशten
दश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
धर्मम्dharma, righteousness
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जानन्तिknow
जानन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
धृतराष्ट्रO Dhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्र:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootधृतराष्ट्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
निबोधunderstand, take note
निबोध:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
तान्those (persons)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
मत्तःintoxicated
मत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रमत्तःcareless, inattentive
प्रमत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रमत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उन्मत्तःmad, deranged
उन्मत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउन्मत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रान्तःtired, exhausted
श्रान्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रान्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बुभुक्षितःhungry
बुभुक्षितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबुभुक्षित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Educational Q&A

Dharma requires clear discernment; overpowering conditions like intoxication, heedlessness, madness, fatigue, anger, and hunger distort judgment, so one should not trust such states (in oneself or others) when making moral or political decisions.

In the Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, warning him about factors that ruin right judgment. This verse begins a list of ten dispositions that make a person unfit to understand or uphold dharma.