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Shloka 95

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

नैनान्‌ स्मरति कृत्येषु याचितश्नाभ्यसूयति । एतान्‌ दोषान्‌ नर: प्राज्ञो बुध्येद्‌ बुद्ध्वा विसर्जयेत्‌

nainān smarati kṛtyeṣu yācitaś cābhyasūyati | etān doṣān naraḥ prājño budhyed buddhvā visarjayet ||

Dice Vidura: Quien va por el camino de la ruina muestra estas faltas: en los deberes no recuerda (no honra ni consulta) a los dignos, y cuando se le pide algo responde con suspicacia y buscando defectos. El sabio debe reconocer tales vicios y, una vez reconocidos, abandonarlos. En su sentido ético, Vidura advierte que el desprecio por los virtuosos y una mente mezquina y censora son señales tempranas del derrumbe moral y de la autodestrucción social.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एनान्these (faults/these people)
एनान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
स्मरतिremembers
स्मरति:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
कृत्येषुin duties/necessary acts
कृत्येषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
याचितःwhen requested/being asked
याचितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयाचित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अभ्यसूयतिfinds fault/resents
अभ्यसूयति:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि+असूय
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
एतान्these
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
दोषान्faults
दोषान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदोष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राज्ञःwise
प्राज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बुध्येत्should understand/recognize
बुध्येत्:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormOptative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
बुद्ध्वाhaving understood
बुद्ध्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
विसर्जयेत्should abandon/let go
विसर्जयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि+सृज्
FormOptative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura

Educational Q&A

Recognize the inner vices that signal moral downfall—forgetting the worthy in matters of duty and responding to requests with suspicion and fault-finding—and deliberately abandon them.

In Udyoga Parva, Vidura delivers counsel on right conduct (nīti) during the tense pre-war negotiations; here he points to behavioral markers of impending ruin and urges self-correction.