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Shloka 43

Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum

Udyoga-parva 35

जो मित्रोंसे सत्कार पाकर और उनकी सहायतासे कृतकार्य होकर भी उनके नहीं होते, ऐसे कृतघ्नोंके मरनेपर उनका मांस मांसभोजी जनन्‍्तु भी नहीं खाते ।।

arcayed eva mitrāṇi sati vāsati vā dhane | nānarthayan prajānāti mitrāṇāṃ sāraphalgutām ||

Vidura lehrt, man solle seine Freunde ehren, solange Wohlstand gegenwärtig ist und Reichtum im Hause weilt. Wer nie durch Unglück erniedrigt wurde, erkennt die wahre Stärke und den Wert der Freunde nicht—wie sie zum unentbehrlichen Halt werden, wenn das Leben widrig wird. Darin liegt: Undank gegenüber solchen Freunden ist ein schweres ethisches Versagen.

अर्चयेत्should honor/worship
अर्चयेत्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च्
FormVidhi-linga, Optative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मित्राणिfriends
मित्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
सतिwhen (wealth) exists; in the presence (of)
सति:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वासतिdwells/abides
वासति:
TypeVerb
Rootवस्
FormLat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
धनेin wealth; when there is wealth
धने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootधन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अनर्थयन्not harming; not acting against (them)
अनर्थयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअनर्थयत्
FormShatr (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रजानातिknows/recognizes
प्रजानाति:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormLat, Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
मित्राणाम्of friends
मित्राणाम्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
सारफल्गुताम्the true worth (lit. essence and insignificance/quality)
सारफल्गुताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसारफल्गुता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
F
friends (mitrāḥ)

Educational Q&A

Honor and value friends while fortune lasts; only adversity reveals the true substance and reliability of friendship, so ingratitude toward helpers is a serious moral fault.

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral-political counsel; here he reflects on friendship and gratitude, warning that those who have not faced hardship fail to recognize how crucial friends are when misfortune arrives.