Shloka 43

Devanagari script

व्युत्थानं च विकांक्षद्धिः कथाभि: प्रतिलोभ्यते । धनेन महता चैव बुद्धिरस्य विलोभ्यते,उनकी यही इच्छा थी कि सियार भी डिग जाय; इसलिये वे तरह-तरहकी बातोंमें उसे फुसलाते और बहुत-सा धन देनेका लोभ देकर उसकी बुद्धिको प्रलोभनमें फँसाना चाहते थे

Transliteration

vyutthānaṁ ca vikāṅkṣaddhiḥ kathābhiḥ pratilobhyate | dhanena mahatā caiva buddhir asya vilobhyate ||

Translation

Désirant que le chacal renonce à sa fermeté et fléchisse, ils tentèrent de l’attirer par des paroles insinuantes ; et, lui présentant l’appât de grandes richesses, ils cherchèrent à séduire et à prendre au piège son jugement. Le vers montre que la résolution morale est souvent attaquée non par la force, mais par la flatterie, l’éloquence et la tentation des biens.

Word by Word

व्युत्थानम्rising up; exertion; initiative

चand

विकाङ्क्षत्desiring; wishing

धिःintelligence; mind

कथाभिःwith stories; by talks

प्रतिलोभ्यतेis enticed; is lured

धनेनby wealth; with money

महताgreat; large

चand

एवindeed; just

बुद्धिःintellect; understanding

अस्यof him; his

विलोभ्यतेis tempted; is seduced

Speaker

शार्टूल उवाच

Characters & Entities

श

शार्टूल (Śārṭūla, the speaker)

स

सियार (jackal, implied by the Hindi gloss)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that steadfastness in dharma is often undermined through subtle means—sweet speech and the promise of wealth—aimed at corrupting one’s buddhi (discernment). Ethical failure can begin when judgment is made pliable by greed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śārṭūla describes how certain parties, wanting the other to ‘budge’ from his position, attempt to coax him with many kinds of talk and then intensify the pressure by offering great wealth, hoping his discernment will be overcome by temptation.