पितरं ते गमिष्यावः प्राणयोर्विपणे कृते । पुत्रस्यापि स हेतोर्हि प्रह्रादो नानृतं वदेत् ॥
pitaraṃ te gamiṣyāvaḥ prāṇayorvipaṇe kṛte | putrasyāpi sa hetorhi prahrādo nānṛtaṃ vadet ||
Sudhanva said: With our lives staked, we will go to your father. For even for his son's sake, Prahlada would not speak a lie.
सुधन्वा ने कहा: प्राणों की बाज़ी लगाकर हम तुम्हारे पिता के पास चलेंगे। प्रह्लाद अपने पुत्र के लिए भी झूठ नहीं बोलेंगे।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The highest compliment is when even your opponent trusts you to judge your own family's case. That kind of trust is built over a lifetime of not bending the truth.
सबसे बड़ा सम्मान यह है कि आपका विरोधी भी आपके अपने परिवार के मामले में आपके फ़ैसले पर भरोसा करे। ऐसा भरोसा जीवन भर सच से न डिगने से बनता है।
Sudhanva, the rival, proposes Virochana's own father Prahlada as judge, trusting that Prahlada will not lie even to save his son.