Shloka 90
Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition
ईर्षी घृणी नसंतुष्ट: क्रोधनो नित्यशड्कित: । परभाग्योपजीवी च षडेते नित्यदु:खिता:
īrṣī ghṛṇī na santuṣṭaḥ krodhano nityaśaṅkitaḥ | parabhāgyopajīvī ca ṣaḍ ete nityaduḥkhitāḥ ||
Vidura said: The envious, the spiteful, the ever-discontent, the wrathful, the perpetually suspicious, and the one who lives off another’s fortune—these six are condemned to continual sorrow.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that certain entrenched mental habits—envy, malice, chronic dissatisfaction, anger, constant suspicion, and parasitic dependence on others’ fortune—inevitably generate ongoing misery. Happiness is presented as rooted in inner discipline and contentment rather than in external gains.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral and practical counsel (nīti) during the tense pre-war negotiations. This verse is part of his instruction, identifying character-types whose inner vices make them perpetually unhappy, serving as a warning to rulers and courtiers alike.