Shloka 6

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 106: Pūrva-Diśa Praśaṃsā

Praise and Primacy of the Eastern Quarter

Devanagari script

अधनस्याकृतार्थस्य त्यक्तस्य विविधै: फलै: । ऋणं धारयमाणस्य कुत: सुखमनीहया

Transliteration

adhanasya akṛtārthasya tyaktasya vividhaiḥ phalaiḥ | ṛṇaṃ dhārayamāṇasya kutaḥ sukham anīhayā ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「貧しく、志がまだ成らず、功徳のさまざまな果報にも恵まれず、ただ負債の重荷を担う者にとって、努力もなく命をつなぐだけで、どこに幸福があろうか。」

Word by Word

• अधनस्य: of a poor (man)
• अधनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधन
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अकृतार्थस्य: of one whose purpose is unfulfilled
• अकृतार्थस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृतार्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• त्यक्तस्य: of one abandoned/deprived
• त्यक्तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विविधैः: by various
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• फलैः: fruits (results)
• फलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ऋणम्: debt
• ऋणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धारयमाणस्य: of one bearing/carrying
• धारयमाणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada

• कुतः: whence/how (can there be)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अनीहया: by lack of effort/without exertion
• अनीहया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीहा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Happiness and stability do not arise from passivity when one is burdened by poverty, unfulfilled aims, and debt; purposeful effort (īhā/udyama) is ethically and practically necessary to overcome hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented setting, Nārada delivers a pragmatic admonition: a person weighed down by lack and obligations cannot expect well-being merely by avoiding exertion; the statement functions as moral instruction within advisory discourse.