Shloka 35
अकर्मशीलं च महाशनं च लोकद्विष्टं बहुमायं नृशंसम् | अदेशकालज्ञमनिष्टवेष- मेतान् गृहे न प्रतिवासयेत,अकर्मण्य, बहुत खानेवाले, सब लोगोंसे वैर करनेवाले, अधिक मायावी, क्रूर, देश- कालका ज्ञान न रखनेवाले और निन्दित वेष धारण करनेवाले मनुष्यको कभी अपने घरमें न ठहरने दे
akarmaśīlaṃ ca mahāśanaṃ ca lokadviṣṭaṃ bahumāyaṃ nṛśaṃsam | adeśakālajñam aniṣṭaveṣam etān gṛhe na prativāsayet ||
Vidura advises that one should not give lodging in one’s home to people who are idle and unwilling to work, gluttonous, hated by society, excessively deceitful, cruel, ignorant of what is proper to place and time, and who wear a disreputable guise.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A householder should protect the moral and social integrity of the home by refusing hospitality to those whose character is marked by idleness, gluttony, social hostility, deceit, cruelty, and lack of propriety; such association undermines dharma and invites harm.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura delivers counsel on righteous conduct (nīti) amid rising political tension; here he gives a practical rule of household prudence—whom one should not allow to stay in one’s home.