Shloka 6

Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)

Devanagari script

श्रीरवाच वसामि नित्यं सुभगे प्रगल्भे दक्षे नरे कर्मणि वर्तमाने | अक्रोधने देवपरे कृतज्ञे जितेन्द्रिये नित्यमुदीर्णसत्त्वे

Transliteration

śrīr uvāca: vasāmi nityaṃ subhage pragalbhe dakṣe nare karmaṇi vartamāne | akrodhane devapare kṛtajñe jitendriye nityam udīrṇasattve ||

Translation

Śrī (Lakṣmī) dit : «Ô toi qui es de bon augure, je demeure toujours dans l’homme fortuné et hardi, compétent et constamment engagé dans l’action juste—sans colère, dévoué aux dieux, reconnaissant, maître de ses sens, et toujours pourvu d’un sattva élevé (clarté et force intérieure).»

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Lakṣmī (Goddess of fortune)
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• वसामि: I dwell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, First, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुभगे: in/with the fortunate one
• सुभगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रगल्भे: in the bold/confident one
• प्रगल्भे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रगल्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दक्षे: in the capable/skillful one
• दक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नरे: in a man
• नरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कर्मणि: in action/work
• कर्मणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वर्तमाने: engaged/occupied (in)
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अक्रोधने: in the angerless one
• अक्रोधने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्रोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• देवपरे: in one devoted to the gods
• देवपरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कृतज्ञे: in the grateful one
• कृतज्ञे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रिये: in one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रिये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• उदीर्णसत्त्वे: in one whose sattva (goodness/courage) is elevated
• उदीर्णसत्त्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीर्णसत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Prosperity (Śrī/Lakṣmī) is portrayed as inseparable from character: she abides with the person who is competent and dutiful, free from anger, devoted to divine order, grateful, self-controlled, and grounded in elevated sattva (clarity and moral strength).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma reports Śrī’s own statement describing the virtues in a person that become the ‘abode’ of Lakṣmī—linking inner discipline and devotion with lasting auspiciousness.