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Shloka 25

Strī Parva, Adhyāya 2 — Vidura’s Consolation on Kāla, Karma, and the Limits of Lamentation (विदुरोपदेशः)

अनित्यं यौवन रूप॑ं जीवित द्रव्यसंचय: । आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासो गृद्धयेदेषु न पण्डित:,रूप, जवानी, जीवन, धनका संग्रह, आरोग्य तथा प्रियजनोंका एक साथ निवास--ये सभी अनित्य हैं, अतः विद्वान्‌ पुरुष इनमें कभी आसक्त न हो

anityaṁ yauvana-rūpaṁ jīvita-dravya-saṁcayaḥ | ārogyaṁ priya-saṁvāso gṛdhyed eṣu na paṇḍitaḥ ||

La beauté et la jeunesse sont impermanentes ; de même la vie et l’accumulation des richesses. La santé et la douceur de vivre auprès des êtres chers sont elles aussi passagères. C’est pourquoi le sage ne s’y attache pas et ne les convoite pas.

अनित्यम्impermanent
अनित्यम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअनित्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यौवनम्youth
यौवनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयौवन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
रूपम्beauty/form
रूपम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
जीवितम्life
जीवितम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
द्रव्यसञ्चयःaccumulation of wealth
द्रव्यसञ्चयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव्य-सञ्चय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आरोग्यम्health
आरोग्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआरोग्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
प्रियसँवासःdwelling together with loved ones
प्रियसँवासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रिय-सँवास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गृद्ध्येत्should be greedy / should become attached
गृद्ध्येत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगृध्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
एषुin these
एषु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पण्डितःa wise man
पण्डितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपण्डित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura

Educational Q&A

All worldly supports—youth, beauty, life, wealth, health, and even the presence of loved ones—are unstable; wisdom lies in non-attachment and freedom from craving.

In the grief-filled context of the Strī Parva after the war, Vidura speaks as a counselor, offering sobering instruction meant to steady the mind through reflection on impermanence and the limits of worldly security.