Shloka 30

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)

Devanagari script

य एव यत्न: क्रियते परराष्ट्रविमर्दने । स एव यत्न: कर्तव्य: स्वराष्ट्रपरिपालने,दूसरे राष्ट्रोंका नाश करनेके लिये जिस प्रकारका प्रयत्न किया जाता है, उसी प्रकारकी तत्परता अपने राज्यकी रक्षाके लिये करनी चाहिये

Transliteration

ya eva yatnaḥ kriyate pararāṣṭra-vimardane | sa eva yatnaḥ kartavyaḥ svarāṣṭra-paripālane ||

Translation

毗度罗说：人们用来摧毁他国的那种坚决努力，应当同样毫不松懈地用在守护与善治自己的国土上。此训将野心从侵略引回到负责任的治理，意在表明：真正的治国之道在于护持所托，而非以伤人求名。

Word by Word

यःwhich/that (he/it which)

एवindeed/just

यत्नःeffort/endeavor

क्रियतेis done/is undertaken

परother/foreign

राष्ट्रkingdom/state

विमर्दनेin crushing/overthrowing

सःthat (same)

एवindeed/just

यत्नःeffort

कर्तव्यःto be done/should be done

स्वone's own

राष्ट्रkingdom/state

परिपालनेin protection/maintenance

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Redirect the intensity used for conquering or destroying others toward the duty of protecting and sustaining one’s own state; ethical governance is superior to aggressive expansion.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context, Vidura offers political and moral instruction, warning against destructive ambition and urging responsible care of one’s own realm.