விதுர நீதி அறிவுரைகள்
Radhe Krishna 15-02-2020
விதுர நீதி அறிவுரைகள்
T.V.Subramanian
Dhritarashtra’s Restlessness
and Vidura’s advice
Advice only when requested.
King (Leader) should ask the question ”What is good for the country?”.
People who suffer from sleeplessness
Lovers
People with no moral values
People with Skills lacking resources
People usurped the wealth of strong people through deceipt
Leaders who delegate authority to unworthy people lose PEACE of mind.
Essential Qualities for Wise rulers
Self-awareness and Self-control
Lofty ideals
Clarity of goals
Industriousness
Ethical conduct
Success and Happiness
Success of a person is judged by others.
Happiness is felt by you.
Only PEACE of MIND can give Happiness.
Conduct of a Wise Ruler
(Leader) for happiness
Analyze the TWO by ONE
Manage the THREE by FOUR
Conquer the FIVE,
Adorn these SIX and
Give-up the SEVEN to live happily.
ONE-Viveka, TWO-good/bad, THREE- --Friends, foes, netral , FOUR- Sama, Dana, Beda and Danda, FIVE- Fives senses
SIX- six strategies to face enemies SEVEN- Lust for women, gambling, drinking, Hunting, Harsh speec, Harsh punishment, Wastage of resources).
Conduct of a WISE Man
A wise man understands the properties and value of all inanimate and animate things.
Understands the consequences of HIS own and others’ actions.
Always watches the best practices adopted by others to achieve results
Conduct of a Wise Leader
Quickly understands and classifies people in to Three categories -Exceptionally
competent, above average, Ordinary
Allocate work as follows:
First category: Work of strategic importance
Second category: Work of Moderate complexity
Others: Routine work.
Manage the first category by SAMA, the second category by DANA and others by BHEDA and DANDA.
Good practices adopted by WISE men
Active listening
Quick grasping ability of what others are trying to convey.
Not interfering in other’s domain.
Not longing for results.
No false pride
Good practices adopted by WISE men
Acquires competence in at least one field
Develops an overall perspective in other fields
Never adopts short-cuts and soft options to achieve goals.
Communicates effectively with all sections.
Willing to learn from anybody.
Always remain HUMBLE.
Good practices adopted by WISE men
Never seeks ADVICE from the following FOUR-
Persons with half-baked knowledge,
persons deliberately delay work,
inherently lazy people, and
flatterers.
Good practices adopted by Wise men
Protects the following FOUR –
Old relatives,
Good friends, who are poor
People who have fallen from high status and
living in poor condition, and
widowed childless sister
FIVE senses are always kept under check.
Even a single hole in a pot will waste all water.
Good practices of Wise men
The Wise man knows that following SIX
if not properly taken care of will leave us:
Cow, Wife, Employees, agriculture, friendship
with people from low status and KNOWLEDGE.
Choosing RIGHT projects and jobs
A wise man should identify tasks which require minimum
resources and effort and will give maximum benefits
and swiftly implement them.
Managing important Projects
The following aspects to examined in detail
before undertaking any major project:-
The aspects with which they are related,
costs and benefits,( in the lomg-term)
resources available,
the strengths possessed, ,
the major impediments and then take a decision.
Once decided swiftly implement.
Impulsive decision should not be taken.
Decision on important jobs.
When a job is undertaken, NOT ONLY the
consequences will have to be examined;
if NOT DONE what will be the
consequence also to be determined
At the right time one should put the
effort; unripe fruit will not be sweet..
A Wise man will not divulge Strategic
Initiatives PREMATURELY to others.
Factors to be considered before
employing people. While employing
people one should consider
the job needs,
his ability to meet the needs,
the appropriate salary, and
the ability of the state to
pay the salary in the
future.
Some Leadership attributes
. A leader should be careful with employees who are argumentative, avoid responsibilities and lazy.
When a major decision of strategic importance is to be taken, it is preferable to go with the team to a place away from work preferably to a hilltop or forest.
Important duties of a KIng
A king should regularly monitor the following:
The dangers to kingdom from outside,
economic condition of the region and people,
financial position of the treasury,
strength of the army; Otherwise his country will be ruined.
. In all situations, a leader should try to find the ultimate truth before forming an conclusion’ just like spending lot of efforts in extracting gold from the ore.
Wise man’s positive behavior.
A Wise man treats other people the way
he would like to be treated by them.
A wise man never wastes resources
in futile non-value added activities
Silence is preferred to indiscrete talking;
Only when absolutely necessary o
a wise man talks and that too always truth.
..will not long for opportunities beyond
his means. Will be well-balanced in
success and failures,
Good personal qualities
If one develops detachment with an object,
he will not be affected by its drawbacks;
If a person is detached to every thing ,
he will not be affected by any thing.
A person acquires qualities according
to the following;
with whom he moves,
under whom he serves and
whom keeps in his heart as role model/
Some more gems..
Gold gets recognition when it is cut,
cleaned and burnt, modest men get recognition
through their nature,a sage is recognized by his behavior,
a brave man during adversity and the people whether friend
or foe at the time of gross adversity.
Some more gems..
Old age destroys beauty; temptation destroys patience,
greed spoils the malicious man , anger destroys wealth,
one’s good nature sours as a result of servicing the wicked ,
lust destrys shame and EGO destroys EVERY THING.
Some more gems from Vidura
Never eat alone, celebrate or travel alone.
.Do not keep awake when all are sleeping.
Poison can kill one person; Divulgence of
confidential secrets kills the entire nation.
Family men not attached to effort and work and
Sanyasins attached to woldly matters ruin themselves.
Giving money to undeserving people and NOT giving to
deserving people are easiest ways to waste money.
Some more gems….
A yogi gaining mastery of yoga practices and
a warrior fighting to end in the war reach heaven.
A FOOL uninvited interferes in others domain.
Neglects his own responsibilities. Always makes
others scapegoats for his failures
