Shloka 48

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)

Devanagari script

शीलं प्रधान पुरुषे तद्‌ यस्येह प्रणश्यति । न तस्य जीवितेनार्थो न धनेन न बन्धुभि:,पुरुषमें शील ही प्रधान है; जिसका वही नष्ट हो जाता है, इस संसारमें उसका जीवन, धन और बन्धुओंसे कोई प्रयोजन सिद्ध नहीं होता

Transliteration

śīlaṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣe tad yasyeha praṇaśyati | na tasya jīvitenārtho na dhanena na bandhubhiḥ ||

Translation

Vidura says that a person’s foremost treasure is good character. If, in this world, that character is destroyed, then life itself becomes pointless for him—wealth and even relatives cannot truly serve any meaningful end.

Word by Word

शीलम्conduct, character

प्रधानम्chief, foremost

पुरुषेin a man/person

तत्that (i.e., that character)

यस्यof whom/whose

इहhere, in this world

प्रणश्यतिperishes, is destroyed

नnot

तस्यof him

जीवितेनby/with life; by living

अर्थःpurpose, use, value

नnot

धनेनby/with wealth

नnor

बन्धुभिःby/with kinsmen, relatives

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes