Shloka 46

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

धर्ममर्थनिमित्तं च चरेयुर्यत्र मानवा: । न ताननुवसेज्जातु ते हि पापकृतो जना:,जहाँके मनुष्य धनके लिये धर्मका अनुष्ठान करते हों, वहाँ उनके पास कदापि न रहे; क्योंकि वे सब-के सब पापाचारी होते हैं

Transliteration

dharmam artha-nimittaṃ ca careyur yatra mānavāḥ | na tān anuvasej jātu te hi pāpa-kṛto janāḥ ||

Translation

قال نارادا: حيثما كان الناس يمارسون الدارما وسيلةً لاكتساب المال فحسب، فلا ينبغي للمرء أن يقيم بينهم قطّ؛ فإن أولئك قومٌ صُنّاعُ إثم، قد أفسدت سلوكهم الغايةُ الخفية لا الاستقامة.

Word by Word

धर्मम्dharma, righteousness (as an object of practice)

अर्थ-निमित्तम्for the sake of wealth (wealth-motivated)

चand

चरेयुःwould practice / should practice

यत्रwhere

मानवाःpeople, men

नnot

तान्them

अनुवसेत्should dwell near / should stay with

जातुever, at any time

तेthey

हिindeed, for

पाप-कृतःsin-doing, wicked

जनाःpeople

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

mānavāḥ (people)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma loses its moral force when performed merely for profit; one should avoid the company of those who instrumentalize righteousness for wealth, since such motivation tends toward sin and corruption.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada offers a counsel about discernment in association: he identifies a social setting where people outwardly perform dharma but inwardly aim at wealth, and advises the listener not to live among such people.