Shloka 6

Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38

Devanagari script

न वृद्धिर्बहु मन्तव्या या वृद्धि: क्षयमावहेत्‌ । क्षयोडपि बहु मन्तव्यो य: क्षयो वृद्धिमावहेत्‌

Transliteration

na vṛddhir bahu mantavyā yā vṛddhiḥ kṣayam āvahet | kṣayo 'pi bahu mantavyo yaḥ kṣayo vṛddhim āvahet ||

Translation

No debe estimarse como gran aumento aquel aumento que trae consigo la ruina. Y aun la pérdida debe tenerse por valiosa si esa pérdida conduce al crecimiento.

Word by Word

नnot

वृद्धिःincrease, prosperity

बहुmuch, greatly

मन्तव्याto be considered/esteemed

याwhich

वृद्धिःincrease

क्षयम्loss, decline, destruction

आवहेत्should bring about, would cause

क्षयःloss, decline

अपिeven, also

बहुmuch, greatly

मन्तव्यःto be considered/esteemed

यःwhich

क्षयःloss, decline

वृद्धिम्increase, prosperity

आवहेत्should bring about, would cause

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes