Shloka 6

Bhṛtya-niyoga: Role-appropriate appointment of servants and protection of the royal treasury (भृत्यनियोगः कोशरक्षणं च)

Devanagari script

अकुलीनस्तु पुरुष: प्राकृत: साधुसंश्रयात्‌ । दुर्लभैश्वर्यतां प्राप्तो निन्दित: शत्रुतां ब्रजेत्‌,किंतु नीच कुलका मनुष्य साधुस्वभावके राजाका आश्रय पाकर यद्यपि दुर्लभ ऐश्वर्यका भोग करता है तथापि यदि राजाने एक बार भी उसकी निन्दा कर दी तो वह उसका शत्रु बन जाता है

Transliteration

akulīnas tu puruṣaḥ prākṛtaḥ sādhusaṁśrayāt | durlabhaiśvaryatāṁ prāpto ninditaḥ śatrutāṁ vrajet ||

Translation

Bhishma said: Even a low-born, ordinary man, by taking refuge with the virtuous, may attain a rare kind of prosperity; yet if he is once censured, he turns to enmity—showing how unstable and resentful such a nature can be when elevated beyond its character.

Word by Word

अकुलीनःof low birth, ignoble

तुbut, however

पुरुषःa man, person

प्राकृतःcommon, base, uncultured

साधु-संश्रयात्from association/refuge with the good

दुर्लभ-ऐश्वर्यताम्rare prosperity/sovereignty (state of hard-to-attain power)

प्राप्तःhaving obtained, having reached

निन्दितःbeing censured, when censured

शत्रुताम्enmity

ब्रजेत्would go to, would become

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes