Shloka 54

Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum

Udyoga-parva 35

Devanagari script

स्वधीतस्य सुयुद्धस्य सुकृतस्य च कर्मण: । तपसश्न्‌ सुतप्तस्य तस्यान्ते सुखमेधते,सम्यक्‌ अध्ययन, न्यायोचित युद्ध, पुण्यकर्म और अच्छी तरह की हुई तपस्याके अन्तमें सुखकी वृद्धि होती है

Transliteration

svādhītasya suyuddhasya sukṛtasya ca karmaṇaḥ | tapasaś ca sutaptasya tasyānte sukham edhate ||

Translation

Vidura teaches that true happiness grows at the end of a life rightly lived: when one has studied well, fought only in a just and disciplined manner, performed meritorious deeds, and undertaken austerity with sincerity and steadiness. The verse frames happiness not as immediate pleasure, but as the mature fruit of dharma—earned through learning, righteous action, and self-restraint.

Word by Word

स्वधीतस्यof well-studied (learning)

सुयुद्धस्यof a righteous/good fight

सुकृतस्यof well-done (virtuous)

चand

कर्मणःof the deed/action

तपसःof austerity

सुतप्तस्यof well-performed (well-austered)

तस्यfor him/of that

अन्तेat the end

सुखम्happiness

एधतेgrows/increases

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes