Shloka 82

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

Devanagari script

अर्थागमो नित्यमरोगिता च प्रिया च भार्या प्रियवादिनी च । वश्यश्न पुत्रो$र्थकरी च विद्या षड़्‌ जीवलोकस्य सुखानि राजन्‌,राजन! धनकी प्राप्ति, नित्य नीरोग रहना, स्त्रीका अनुकूल तथा प्रियवादिनी होना, पुत्रका आज्ञाके अंदर रहना तथा धन पैदा करानेवाली विद्याका ज्ञान--ये छः बातें इस मनुष्यलोकमें सुखदायिनी होती हैं

Transliteration

arthāgamo nityam arogitā ca priyā ca bhāryā priyavādinī ca | vaśyaś ca putro 'rthakarī ca vidyā ṣaḍ jīvalokasya sukhāni rājan ||

Translation

Vidura sprach: „O König, diese sechs gelten als die wahren Annehmlichkeiten des Lebens in der Menschenwelt: stetiger Erwerb von Reichtum; dauernde Gesundheit ohne Krankheit; eine geliebte Frau, gefällig und von freundlicher Rede; ein gehorsamer Sohn, der unter Zucht bleibt; und Wissen, das zur Quelle des Wohlstands wird.“

Word by Word

• {'arthāgamaḥ': 'arrival/acquisition of wealth, gain of resources', 'nityam': 'always, continually', 'arogitā': 'health, freedom from disease', 'priyā': 'dear, beloved', 'bhāryā': 'wife', 'priyavādinī': 'one who speaks pleasantly

• kind-spoken', 'vaśyaḥ': 'obedient, under control, compliant', 'putraḥ': 'son', 'arthakarī': 'wealth-producing, beneficial, profitable', 'vidyā': 'knowledge, learning, education', 'ṣaṭ': 'six', 'jīvalokaḥ': 'the world of living beings

• human realm', 'sukhāni': 'happinesses, comforts', 'rājan': 'O king'}

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Rājan (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura defines practical, dharma-aligned sources of worldly happiness: prosperity gained steadily, good health, harmonious and kind speech within marriage, disciplined children, and education that yields material and moral benefit.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) with ethical and pragmatic guidance, listing the six conditions that make life stable and contented amid the political crisis leading toward war.