Shloka 15

उद्योगपर्व — विदुरनीतिः (Adhyāya 37): आयुःक्षयहेतवः, नीतिसूत्राणि, बलभेदाः, पाण्डव-विग्रहदोषदर्शनम्

Devanagari script

क्षमावन्तो निराकारा: काष्ठेडग्निरिव शेरते । अच्छे कुलमें उत्पन्न, अग्निके समान तेजस्वी, क्षमाशील और विकारशून्य संत पुरुष सदा काष्ठमें अग्निकी भाँति शान्तभावसे स्थित रहते हैं ।। १४ ह ।। यस्य मन्त्र न जानन्ति बाह्ाश्चाभ्यन्तराश्ष ये

Transliteration

kṣamāvanto nirākārāḥ kāṣṭhe 'gnir iva śerate |

Translation

Vidura says: Those who are patient and free from display rest like fire hidden in wood. Though born in noble houses and radiant as flame, the saintly—enduring and inwardly undisturbed—abide quietly, their power contained and mastered rather than shown.

Word by Word

क्षमावन्तःforbearing, patient

निराकाराःformless; without outward display/manifestation

काष्ठेin wood

अग्निःfire

इवlike, as

शेरतेlie, rest, remain

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

agni (fire)

kāṣṭha (wood)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes