Shloka 42
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
य ईर्षु: परवित्तेषु रूपे वीर्ये कुलान्वये । सुखसौ भाग्यसत्कारे तस्य व्याधिरनन्तक:ः,जो दूसरोंके धन, रूप, पराक्रम, कुलीनता, सुख, सौभाग्य और सम्मानपर डाह करता है, उसका यह रोग असाध्य है
ya īrṣur paravitteṣu rūpe vīrye kulānvaye | sukha-saubhāgya-satkāre tasya vyādhir anantakaḥ ||
Vidura says: The person who is jealous of others’ wealth, beauty, valor, noble lineage, happiness, good fortune, and the honor they receive—this jealousy is a disease for him, and it is incurable.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Envy of others’ prosperity and honor is a destructive inner illness. It does not resolve by external gain; it must be cured by ethical discipline—contentment, humility, and right understanding—otherwise it keeps generating resentment and wrongdoing.
In Udyoga Parva, as the Kurus move toward the great war, Vidura delivers moral and political counsel. Here he diagnoses jealousy as an incurable disease in a person who begrudges others’ wealth, virtues, and social esteem—an attitude that undermines wise counsel and obstructs peace.