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විදුර නීති - උද්යෝග පර්වම්, අධ්යායඃ 33 ॥ අථ ශ්රීමහාභාරතේ උද්යෝගපර්වණි ප්රජාගරපර්වණි විදුරනීතිවාක්යේ ත්රයස්ත්රිංශෝऽධ්යායඃ ॥ "Vaisampayana said:– 'King Dhritarashtra endued with great wisdom (then) said to the orderly-in-waiting — I have a desire to see Vidura, please summon him here without delay. ප්රහිතෝ ධෘතරාෂ්ට්රේණ දූතඃ ක්ෂත්තාරමබ්රවීත් । A messenger was sent and went straight to Vidura the kshattri4 and said:- "O wise one, our lord the mighty king desires to see you." ඒවමුක්තස්තු විදුරඃ ප්රාප්ය රාජනිවේශනම් । Thus addressed, Vidura set out and arriving to the palace, spoke to the orderly saying:– "Please inform Dhritarashtra of my arrival." ද්වාඃස්ථ උවාච । Thereupon the orderly went to Dhritarashtra, and said:– "O foremost of kings, Vidura is here at your command. He wishes to see you, instruct me as to what is required of him." ධෘතරාෂ්ට්ර උවාච । Thereupon Dhritarashtra said:– "Let Vidura of great wisdom and foresight enter. I am never unwilling or unprepared to see Vidura." ද්වාඃස්ථ උවාච । The orderly then went out and said to Vidura:– "O Kshatri, please enter the inner apartments of the wise king. The king said to me that he is never unwilling to see you." වෛශංපායන උවාච । Vaishampayana continued:– "Having entered Dhritarashtra's chamber, Vidura said with joined hands, to that king who was deep in thought, O wise-one5, I am Vidura, here at your command. If there is anything I can do for you, I am ready — please command me!" ධෘතරෂ්ත්ර උවාච । Dhritarashtra said:– "O Vidura, Sanjaya has departed. He left after rebuking me. Tomorrow he will deliver Yuddhisthira's message to the Kaurava court. I have not yet been able to ascertain what exactly that message is. Therefore, my body is burning, and that has produced sleeplessness. ජාග්රතෝ දහ්යමානස්ය ශ්රේයෝ යදිහ පශ්යසි । Tell me what the remedy is, for one who is sleepless and burning. You are like my son, well versed in both Dharma and Artha (material success). යතඃ ප්රාප්තඃ සංජයඃ පාංඩවේභ්යෝ Ever since the arrival of Sanjaya from the Pandavas, I have no real peace of mind. All my senses are upset. My sole thought now is verily what he will deliver. තන්මේ බ්රූහි විදුර ත්වං යථාවන් Ever since Sanjaya has returned from the Pandavas, my mind knows no peace. Filled with anxiety about what he may say, all my senses are agitated. විදුර උවාච । Vidura said:– "Sleeplessness affects a thief, a lustful person, one that has lost all one's wealth, one that has failed to achieve success, and one that is weak and has been attacked by a strong person. I hope, O king, that none of these grave calamities has overtaken you! I hope, you do not grieve, coveting the wealth of others." ධෘතරාෂ්ට්ර උවාච । Dhritarashtra said:– "I want to hear from you words that are beneficial and deal with higher morality. In this race of royal Rishis you alone are highly regarded as the wisest." විදුර උවාච । Entrusting sovereignty in the hands of Duryodhana, Soubala (Sakuni), Karna and likewise of Dussasana, how can you hope for happiness? ඒකස්මාත්වෘක්ෂාද්යජ්ඤපත්රාණි රාජන් The Pandit One that is endowed with self-knowledge, productiveness, forbearance and steadiness in virtue, and is not motivated by material gains is called a pandit (scholar). නිෂේවතේ ප්රශස්තානි නිංදිතානි න සේවතේ । These also are the indications of a pandit, viz., regularly performing deeds that are praiseworthy, and rejection of all that is censurable, a firm conviction in the teaching of the Veda and generosity. ක්රෝධෝ හර්ෂශ්ච දර්පශ්ච හ්රීස්තංභෝ මාන්යමානිතා । One whom neither anger nor joy, nor pride, nor false modesty, nor stupefaction, nor vanity, can draw away from the four legitimate goals of life (purusārthas)7, is considered as a pandit. යස්ය කෘත්යං න ජානංති මංත්රං වා මංත්රිතං පරේ । One whose projects and proposed recommendations remain concealed from competitors, and whose projects become known only after they have been accomplished, is considered to be a pandit. යස්ය කෘත්යං න විඝ්නංති ශීතමුෂ්ණං භයං රතිඃ । He whose action is not impeded either by heat or cold, by fear or love, by prosperity or adversity, is forsooth called a Pandit. යස්ය සංසාරිණී ප්රජ්ඤා ධර්මාර්ථාවනුවර්තතේ । One who daily reflects upon both virtue (dharma) and success (artha), and who prefers success over mere pleasure (kāma), is considered a pandit. යථාශක්ති චිකීර්ෂංති යථාශක්ති ච කුර්වතේ । They that are strongly motivated, and act according to the best of their ability, and disregard nothing as insignificant, are called pandits, O King. ක්ෂිප්රං විජානාති චිරං ශ‍ඍණෝති One that understands quickly, listens patiently, pursues one's objectives with considerate planning and not from selfish desires and who doesn't waste breath discussing the affairs of others without being asked, is said to possess the foremost mark of wisdom. නාප්රාප්යමභිවාංඡංති නෂ්ටං නේච්ඡංති ශෝචිතුම් । They that don't strive for goals that are unattainable, that don't grieve for what is lost and gone, that don't allow their minds to be clouded amid calamities, are regarded as possessing intellects endued with wisdom. නිශ්චිත්ය යඃ ප්රක්රමතේ නාංතර්වසති කර්මණඃ । They that don't strive for goals that are unattainable, that don't grieve for what is lost and gone, that don't allow their minds to be clouded amid calamities, are regarded as possessing intellects endued with wisdom. ආර්ය කර්මණි රාජ්යංතේ භූතිකර්මාණි කුර්වතේ । They who are pandits, O King, always delight in honest deeds, and always act to advance their happiness and prosperity, and never sneer at anything that is [objectively] beneficial. න හෘෂ්යත්යාත්මසම්මානේ නාවමානේන තප්යතේ । One who exults not at honors, and grieves not at insults, and remains cool and un-agitated like a lake on the course of Ganga, is reckoned as a Pandit. තත්ත්වජ්ඤඃ සර්වභූතානාං යෝගජ්ඤඃ සර්වකර්මණාම් । That one who knows the nature of all creatures (viz., that everything is impermanent), who is mindful also of the inter-connectedness of all acts, and who is proficient in the knowledge of the methodology [for people to attain their objectives], is reckoned as a pandit. ප්රවෘත්ත වාක්චිත්රකථ ඌහවාන්ප්රතිභානවාන් । One who speaks boldly, can converse on various subjects, knows the science of debate, possesses intellectual acuity, and can interpret the meaning of texts, is reckoned as a pandit. ශ්රුතං ප්රජ්ඤානුගං යස්ය ප්රජ්ඤා චෛව ශ්රුතානුගා । One whose studies are regulated by reason, and whose reason follows the śāstra, and who never abstains from paying respect to those that are good, is called a pandit. ප්රජ්ඤාම් එවාගමයති යඃ ප්රාජ්ඤ්නෙභ්යඃ සපංඩිතඃ । He that draws wisdom from them that are wise, is really learned and a pandit. And one that is wise, by attending to both virtue (Dharma) and profit (artha), succeeds in achieving happiness. අර්ථං මහාංතමාසද්ය විද්යාමෛශ්වර්යමේව ච । But one who, having attained immense wealth and prosperity or has acquired (vast) learning, does not behave arrogantly, is reckoned as a pandit. The Fool On the other hand, one who is ignorant of scripture yet vain, poor yet proud, and who resorts to unfair means for the acquisition of personal objectives, is a fool. ස්වමර්ථං යඃ පරිත්යජ්ය පරාර්ථමනුතිෂ්ඨති । One who, disregarding his own matters, concerns himself with the matters of others, and who deals deceitful with his friends, is called a fool. අකාමාන් කාමයති යඃ කාමයානාං පරිත්යජේත් । One who desires those things that should not be desired, and abandons those that may legitimately be desired, and who bears malice to those that are powerful, is regarded as a foolish person. අමිත්රං කුරුතේ මිත්රං මිත්රං ද්වේෂ්ටි හිනස්ති ච । One who regards foes as friends, and who creates malice and disharmony with (real) friends, and who commits deplorable acts, is regarded as a foolish person. සංසාරයති කෘත්යානි සර්වත්ර විචිකිත්සතේ । O king, one who divulges his projects to others, who is suspicious of everything, and spends a long time engaging in activities which require a brief time, is a fool. ශ්රාද්ධං පිතෘභ්යෝ න දදාති දෛවතානි නාර්චති । He who does ot offer oblations to the manes, nor worships his titular Deities, nor wins good-hearted friends, is said to be of foolish mind. අනාහූතඃ ප්රවිශති අපෘෂ්ටෝ බහු භාෂතේ । One who enters a venue uninvited, and talks much without being asked, and reposes trust on unscrupulous brutes is the lowest of humans and an idiot. පරං ක්ෂිපති දෝෂේණ වර්තමානඃ ස්වයං තථා । The guilty person who tries to cast the blame on others, and a powerless person who gives vent to anger, are the greatest of fools. ආත්මනෝ බලමාජ්ඤාය ධර්මාර්ථපරිවර්ජිතම් । That person, who, without knowing his own strength and dissociated from both virtue (dharma) and profit (artha), who has unattainable goals, who doesn't adopt adequate means, is said to be destitute of intelligence. අශිෂ්යං ශාස්ති යෝ රාජන්යශ්ච ශූන්යමුපාසතේ । O king, one who instructs those undeserving of instruction, who meditates upon the void8, and places trust in misers, is said to be of little intelligence. අර්ථං මහාංතමාසාද්ය විද්යාමෛශ්වර්යමේව වා । Who again is more heartless than one who though possessed of affluence, eats alone and personally wears excellent robes without giving anything to needy dependents? ඒකඃ පාපානි කුරුතේ ඵලං භුංක්තේ මහාජනඃ । While a person who commits sins [in accumulting wealth], many reap the advantage resulting therefrom; [yet in the end] it is the doer alone who experiences the results of the karma, while those who enjoy the fruit escape unaffected. ඒකං හන්යාන්න වාහන්යාදිෂුර්මුක්තෝ ධනුෂ්මතා । An arrow discharged by an archer may not may not hit (kill) another, but the intelligence of an intelligent man when discharged (applied for a destructive purpose), may destroy a whole kingdom with the king. ඒකයා ද්වේ විනිශ්චිත්ය ත්රීංශ්චතුර්භිර්වශේ කුරු । Discriminating the two by one, bring under control the three by four. Conquering the five, knowing the six, and giving up the seven, be happy. ඒකං විෂරසෝ හංති ශස්ත්රේණෛකශ්ච වධ්යතේ । Poision kills byt one (who drinks it), and a weapon too but one (who is struck by it); whereas leakage of political (state) secrets destroys one's entire kingdom with the king and the subjects. ඒකඃ ස්වාදු න භුංජීත ඒකශ්චාර්ථාන්න චිංතයේත් । Alone one should not taste the delicious (but should share it with others); alone one should not think about affairs (serious), (but should consult with others wise), alone one should not proceed on a journey (but should have companions too), nor alone one should keep awake in the midst of others sleeping. ඒකමේවාද්විතීයං තද්යද්රාජන්නාවබුධ්යසේ । O King! You do not understand that there is only one ladder without a second to heaven, i.e., Truth, like the boat for the ocean (to cross over). ඒකඃ ක්ෂමාවතාං දෝෂෝ ද්විතීයෝ නෝපලභ්යතේ । There is only one defect in a man of patience. There is not a second and that is that people consider a man of patience as weak. සෝऽස්ය දෝෂෝ න මංතව්යඃ ක්ෂමා හි පරමං බලම් । That (patience) should not be taken to be a defect for him. For patience is a great power. Patience is verily a virtue to the weak and an ornament to the strong. ක්ෂමා වශීකෘතිර්ලෝකේ ක්ෂමයා කිං න සාධ්යතේ । Patience wins over all in the world. What is there that cannot be attained by patience? What can the wicket do to one who wields in his hand the sword of patience? අතෘණේ පතිතෝ වහ්නිඃ ස්වයමේවෝපශාම්යති । Fire fallen on a grassless plot is extinguished of itself. A man without patience brings unto himself many troubles. ඒකෝ ධර්මඃ පරං ශ්රේයඃ ක්ෂමෛකා ශාංතිරුත්තමා । Righteousness is the one highest good. Patience is the one greatest peace. Knowledge is the one supreme contentment. Harmlessness is the one conducive to happiness. ද්වාවිමෞ ග්රසතේ භූමිඃ සර්පෝ බිලශයානිව । Like unto a serpent that devours creatures living in burrows, the earth devours these two, viz., a king who does not fight (when attacked) and a Brahmin who does not journey abroad. ද්වේ කර්මණී නරඃ කුර්වන්නස්මින් ලෝකේ විරෝචතේ । A man shines in this world by doing two things, viz., by not speaking harsh words and not worshipping the wicked. විරෝචතේ means shines or becomes becomes. ද්වාවිමෞ පුරුෂව්යාඝ්ර පරප්රත්යය කාරිණෞ । O Tiger among men! (Most illustrious!) There are two who act on the opinion of others (without a will of their own), viz., women who fondly desire for what is desired by others, and fools who offer worship to whose worshipped likewise. ද්වාවිමෞ කංටකෞ තීක්ෂ්ණෞ ශරීරපරිශෝෂණෞ । These are two sharp thorns that tend to wither the body, viz., the poor man who desires, and one, who is not a master, becoming angry. ද්වාවේව න විරාජේතේ විපරීතේන කර්මණා । These two will never shine on account of their incompatible acts, viz. a householder (ගෘහස්ථ) without exertion and a religious mendicant (සන්යාසි) with worldly affairs. ද්වාවිමෞ පුරුෂෞ රාජන්ස්වර්ගස්ය පරි තිෂ්ඨතඃ । These two men, O King, remain in the region above heaven, viz., a lord with patience and a poor man of bountifulnes. න්යායාගතස්ය ද්රව්යස්ය බෝද්ධව්යෞ ද්වාවතික්රමෞ । These two are to be known as misapplications of wealth rightly acquired, viz., to give to the undeserving and not to give to the worthy. ද්වාවංභසි නිවේෂ්ටව්යෞ ගලේ බද්ධ්වා දෘඪං ශිලාම් । These two are to be immersed (drowned) in water with massive stone tied to their neck, viz., a rich man who does not give and a poor man who is not pious. ද්වාවිමෞ පුරුෂව්යාඝ්ර සුර්යමංඩලභේදිනෞ । O Tiger among men! These two pierce the solar disc (and attain heaven), viz., an ascetic mastered (accomplished) in yoga and a warrior slain facing death in battle. ත්රයෝ න්යායා මනුෂ්යාණාං ශ්රූයංතේ භරතර්ෂභ । O illustrious scion of Bharata dynasty! Those versed in the Vedas have declared that men's policies are said to be three, viz., inferior, middling and superior. ත්රිවිධාඃ පුරුෂා රාජන්නුත්තමාධමමධ්යමාඃ । Men, O King, are of three sorts, good, bad and middling. These are indeed to be engaged respectively in the three sorts of work as befitting them. ත්රය ඒවාධනා රාජන්භාර්යා දාසස්තථා සුතඃ । These three, O king, are not entitled to their own wealth, viz., the wife, the employee, and the son, and whatever may be earned by them would belong to the one who supports them. හරණං ච පරස්වානාං පරදාරාභිමර්ශනම් । To steal another's property, to commit outrage on another's wife, to give up a friend, these three tend to one's destruction (fall). ත්රිවිධං නරකස්යේදං ද්වාරං නාශනමාත්මනඃ । These three are the gates of hell and they destroy one's own self, viz., lust anger and covetousness. Therefore one should give up these three. වරප්රදානං රාජ්යාං ච පුත්රජන්ම ච භාරත । Oh King of Bharata dynasty! giving boon (to dependents), winning kingdom and birth of a son, these three together, are equal in merit to the one, vis., liberating a foe from trouble (calamity). භක්තං ච බජමානං ච තවාස්මීති වාදිනම් । A past faithful attendant, a present follower and one who says 'I am yours', these three who seek protection, should never be forsaken even if exposed to danger. චත්වාරි රාජ්ඤා තු මහාබලේන The wise declare that a king, though highly mighty, should avoid these four, viz, he should not take counsel of men of little wisdom, nor of the those who are slow to act, nor of the lazy, nor of the flattering bards. චත්වාරි තේ තාත ගෘහේ වසංතු Being a prosperous householder, you should let these four dwell with you, viz., the aged blood relatives, prominant persons fallen into adversity, poor friends, and unmarried/barren sisters. චත්වාර්යාහ මහාරාජ සද්යස්කානි බෘහස්පතිඃ । O mighty king! බෘහස්පති (the teacher of the devas) has declared unto the Lord of the Gods who asked him the four of instantaneous result. Be pleased to hear them from me. දේවතානාං ච සංකල්පමනුභාවං ච ධීමතාම් । The resolve of the Devas, the power or greatness of the intelligent (wise), the humility of the learned adn destruction of the sinful, all take effect at once. චත්වාරි කර්මාණ්යභයංකරාණි Due performance of these four which conduce to one's safety, leads to calamity if done improperly, viz., Agnihotra sacrifice, silence, study, and sacrifices in general, performed in a spirit of self-conceit. පංචාග්නයෝ මනුෂ්යේණ පරිචර්යාඃ ප්රයත්නතඃ । O illustrious king of Bharata dynasty! these five fires are to be worshipped by every man at any cost, viz., father, mother, fire, one's soul and teacher. පංචෛව පූජයංල්ලෝකේ යශඃ ප්රාප්නෝති කේවලම් । One attains unalloyed fame in the world verily by rendering service to these five, viz., Gods, ancestors, men, sages and guests. පංච ත්වානුගමිෂ්යංති යත්ර යත්ර ගමිෂ්යසි । Wherever you will go, these five will follow you, viz., friends, foes, the indifferent, those who are to be maintained (like teachers) and dependents. පංචේංද්රියස්ය මර්ත්යස්ය ඡිද්රං චේදේකමිංද්රියම් । Of the five senses of a man, if one becomes defective (literally having a hole in it), then from that sense flows out his intelligence, like unto water running out from a vessel. ෂඩ්දෝෂාඃ පුරුෂේණේහ හාතව්යා භූතිමිච්ඡතා । Six evils are to be discarded by a person who longs after prosperity in this world, viz., sleep, drowsiness, fear, anger, laziness and procrastination. ෂඩිමාන්පුරුෂෝ ජහ්යාද්භින්නාං නාවමිවාර්ණවේ । These six are to be abandoned by a man like a broken vessel in the ocean, viz., a teacher who does not explain the truths, an officiating priest in a sacrifice who cannot recite the Vedas, a king who is unable to protect (subjects), a wife that does not speak endearing words, a cowherd that desires to remain in the village (instead of going to the pasture fields), and a barber that wishes to go to the forest (instead of living in the village). ෂඩේව තු ගුණාඃ පුංසා න හාතව්යාඃ කදාචන । On the other hand, these six qualities are never to be shunned by a man, viz., truth, charity, diligence, absence of envy, patience and fortitude. අර්ථාගමෝ නිත්යමරෝගිතා ච O King, these six contribute to the happiness of man, viz., acquisition of wealth, continued health, a loving and sweet-tongued wife, an obedient son and knowledge that would help to earn money (or the high ends of life). ෂණ්ණාමාත්මනි නිත්යානාමෛශ්වර්යං යෝऽධිගච්ඡති । He who gains mastery over the six that are inherent in the human mind, that one who has conquered the senses is not tainted with sins; how then visited with calamities? ෂඩිමේ ෂට්සු ජීවංති සප්තමෝ නෝපලභ්යතේ । These six thrive always upon the six and a seventh is not had, viz., thieves on teh careless; physicians, on the sick; women, on the lustful, priests, on the performer of sacrifices, the king on those quarrelling, and the learned, on the ignorant illiterate. ෂඩිමානි විනශ්යංති මුහූර්තමනවේක්ෂණාත් । These six are destroyed if neglected for a moment, viz., cows, service agriculture, wife, learning and association with a sudra (a lower order in the society). ෂඩේතේ හ්යවමන්යංතේ නිත්යං පූර්වෝපකාරිණම් । These six always forget those who have obliged them before, viz., pupils forget their teacher after education, sons their mother, after marriage; lovers forget women after gratification of their lust, successful men, those that have contributed to their success, those that have crossed the vast sea, the boat that took them across, and healthy patients, the physician after their cure. ආරෝග්යමානෘණ්යමවිප්රවාසඃ O King, these six contribute to the happiness of men, viz., sound health, undebtedness, to have no sojourn abroad from home, association with the good virtuous, occupation in conformity with one's own inclination (view), and living without fear. ඊර්ෂුර්ඝෘණී නසංතුෂ්ටඃ ක්රෝධනෝ නිත්යශංකිතඃ । These six are always miserable (distressed), viz., the jealous, the tender-hearted, the discontented, the irritable, the ever-suspicious and those that live upon other's fortunes. සප්ත දෝෂාඃ සදා රාජ්ඤා හාතව්යා ව්යසනෝදයාඃ । These seven evils which lead to calamity should always be avoided by a king. For the most part, even steadfast Gods (or kings firmly established) come by their ruin on account of these. ස්ත්රියෝऽක්ෂා මෘගයා පානං වාක්පාරුෂ්යං ච පංචමම් । Women, gamling, hunting, drinking, and fifth, harshness of speech, great severity of punishment and misuse of wealth (are the above seven). අෂ්ටෞ පූර්වනිමිත්තානි නරස්ය විනශිෂ්යතඃ । Eight are the previous symptoms of a man's impending destruction, viz., hatred against Brahmins, opposition to the Brahmins, appropriation of Brahmin's property, desire to kill or do harm to Brahmins, joy or delight in their censure, disapproval (sorrow) in their praise, forgetting them in ceremonies, and anger in their asking for favours. A wise man should know these evils and knowing, them, eschew. අෂ්ටාවිමානි හර්ෂස්ය නව නීතානි භාරත । O King of Bharata dynasty! These eight are seen to exist as the cream of delight and they are verily one's own happiness, viz., union with friends, acquisition of immense wealth, embrace of son, confluence in sexual union (equal passion of love), sweet conversation at the proper time elevation among one's own class, acquisition of what is wished for and respect in the assemblage of people (society). අෂ්ටෞ ගුණාඃ පුරුෂං දීපයංති Eight qualities add lustre to a man, viz., wisdom, high birth, self-restraint, learning, valour, moderation in speech, charity according to one's power, and gratitude. නවද්වාරමිදං වේශ්ම ත්රිස්ථූණං පංච සාක්ෂිකම් । This house has nine doors, three pillars, five attendants and is presided by the soul. The learned man who knows this is a great sage of philosophical wisdom. දශ ධර්මං න ජානංති ධෘතරාෂ්ට්ර නිබෝධ තාන් । O Dhritarashtra! Ten do not know what virtue is. Know them. These ten are, the intoxicated, the inattentive, the raving, the wearied, the angry, the hungry, the hasty, the covetous, the terrified, and the lustful. Therefore a wise man should not take to these modes or conditions, (or should not be attached to these men). අත්රෛවෝදාහරංතීමමිතිහාසං පුරාතනම් । Illustrating this is an old story, a dialogue between Sudhanvan (a Brahmin) and the King of the Asuras (Prahlada) regarding the latter's son (Virochana). යඃ කාමමන්යූ ප්රජහාති රාජා That king who gives up lust and anger and confers wealth on the deserving, who is discriminative, learned, and of quick action, - he is looked upon as an authority by the entire world. ජානාති විශ්වාසයිතුං මනුෂ්යාන් He who knows how to inspire confidence in men, who gives appropriate punishment to those whose guilt has been proved, who knows the right measure of punishment and likewise mercy - him attends all prosperity. සුදුර්බලං නාවජානාති කංචිද්- He is wise (or bold) who does not disregard his foe, howsoever weak he might be, who moves cautiously with him biding his time, who does not wish to enter into hostilities with those mightier than himself and who strikes (shows his prowess) in time. ප්රාප්යාපදං න ව්යථතේ කදා චිද් That high-souled one who, faced with adversity, does not grieve at all, who seeks after exertion assiduously, who endures misery in time, is the foremost of men, and he has all his foes conquered. අනර්ථකං විප්ර වාසං ගෘහේභ්යඃ He who does not live away from home without purpose, nor mingle with the sinful, nor commit outrage on another's wife, who is neither arrogant, stealthy, slanderous, nor addicted to drinking, he is always happy. න සංරංභේණාරභතේऽර්ථවර්ගම් He is a wise man who does not proceed with impetuosity to gain the three ends of life (viz., Dharma, Artha and Kama), who when questioned speaks only the truth, who does not like to enter into a quarrel (controversy) even for the sake of a friend and who never feels angry though not respected by others. න යෝऽභ්යසූයත්යනුකංපතේ ච He who is not jealous of any but is sympathetic towards all, who being weak does not enter into opposition with any, who does not speak arrogantly (exceeding propriety), and who forgives a quarrel, such a man meets with praise everywhere. යෝ නෝද්ධතං කුරුතේ ජාතු වේෂං He who never puts on haughty airs (or is never guadily dressed), never reviles others boasting himself the while, and who never speaks harsh to others getting himself excited (oblivious of himself), he is indeed ever endeared by all. න වෛරමුද්දීපයති ප්රශාංතං The virtuous noble call him a man of extremely good conduct who never rakes up old hostility, who never grows proud, but is ever calm, and who never takes to improper or unjust acts in the thought that he has become poor or is beset with misfortune. න ස්වේ සුඛේ වෛ කුරුතේ ප්රහර්ෂං He is called a man of noble character worthy of the virtuous who does not exult in his happiness nor is delighted in another's misery, and who does not repent after having once made a gift of anything. දේශාචාරාන්සමයාංජාතිධර්මාන් He who wishes to gain an insight into the local customs, conventional usages and the duties of the several castes, is one who know all high and low. Wherever he visits, he lords always over the great men (of the place). දංභං මෝහං මත්සරං පාපකෘත්යං The wise man who shuns trickery, folly, enmity (quarrelsomeness), sinful deeds, treason or disloyalty to the king, roguery (slandering), enmity towards his own guild and conversation (controversy) with the drunk, insane and the wicked, stands pre-eminent in society. දමං ශෞචං දෛවතං මංගලානි The Gods look to his prosperity who daily practices the obligatory duties of self control, purification, worship of the Gods, auspicious rites, expiatory ceremonies and diverse discourses on worldly topics. සමෛර්විවාහං කුරුතේ න හීනෛඃ The ways of life of that wise man are well guided who enters into matrimonial alliance with equals and not with those inferior to him and whose friendship, dealings and conversation are likewise with equals and who gives precedence to the meritoriously eminent. මිතං භුංක්තේ සංවිභජ්යාශ්රිතේභ්යෝ He who eats moderate sharing the food with his dependants, who sleeps but little after doing heavy work and who, when besought for help, gives it even unto a foe - him of such understanding, calamities never visit. චිකීර්ෂිතං විප්රකෘතං ච යස්ය None of his desired objects, howsoever insignificant, slips away from him whose counsels are kept secret and duly carried out, and whose intended acts of retaliation to harm, others do not know at all. (such a man accomplishes all his objects). යඃ සර්වභූතප්රශමේ නිවිෂ්ටඃ He who is occupied in bringing peace to all creatures (whose actions are calculated to the peace of all beings), who is truthful, kind, of self-respect and pure intentions (mind) becomes highly known among his kinsfolk, like a lustrous gem of the first water. ය ආත්මනාපත්රපතේ භෘශං නරඃ That man who is extremely ashamed within himself of his acts (though not known to others) becomes indeed a teacher to the entire world. Of infinite energy, a good heart, centred within himself (with inward calmness), he shines with his energy like unto a sun. වනේ ජාතාඃ ශාපදග්ධස්ය රාජ්ඤඃ O Son of Ambika! (Dhritarashtra), to the King Pandu consumed by (the fire of) curse (of a sage) was born in the forest five sons like unto five Indras (Lord of Gods). These children have been brought up and taught by you and they obey your command. ප්රදායෛෂාමුචිතං තාත රාජ්යං O King! Giving them their just share of the kingdom due to their father, you will be happy rejoicing with the sons and then you shall not be reprehensible either before Gods or men. ॥ ඉති ශ්රීමහාභාරතේ උද්යෝගපර්වණි ප්රජාගරපර්වණි
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