Shloka 29

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma

Devanagari script

अवल्गुकारिणं सत्सु कुलवंशस्थ नाशनम्‌

Transliteration

avalgukāriṇaṃ satsu kulavaṃśastha nāśanam

Translation

Vāyu-deva erklärt: Wer sich unter den Tugendhaften niedrig und verächtlich benimmt, wird zum Zerstörer der Familienlinie und der gefestigten Ordnung—und bringt Verderben über das Geschlecht, in dem er selbst steht.

Word by Word

• अवल्गुकारिणम्: one who behaves basely / a slanderer (lit. one who does अवल्गु)
• अवल्गुकारिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवल्गुकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सत्सु: among the good / among the virtuous
• सत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• कुलवंशस्थ: situated in (one's) family and lineage
• कुलवंशस्थ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलवंशस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाशनम्: destruction / ruin
• नाशनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva (Wind-god)
• sat (the virtuous/good people)
• kula-vaṃśa (family lineage)