Shloka 336
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 132 — Vidura’s Counsel on Udyama, Yaśas, and Kṣātra-Dharma
अनुत्थानभये चोभे निरीहो नाश्षुते महत् । संतोष, दया, उद्योगशून्यता और भय--ये सम्पत्तिका नाश करनेवाले हैं। निश्चेष्ट मनुष्य कभी कोई महत्त्वपूर्ण पद नहीं पा सकता
anutthānabhaye cobhe nirīho nāśnute mahat |
ヴァーユは言った。「怠って動かず、行動に立ち上がることを恐れる者は、大いなるものを得ない。満足が安逸に変わり、憐れみが場違いとなり、進取の気を欠き、恐れに支配される—これらは繁栄を滅ぼす。努力なき者は、決して重き地位に至らぬ。」
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Great outcomes require initiative and effort; fear and inertia prevent attainment. The verse warns that complacent contentment, misplaced pity, lack of enterprise, and fear can destroy prosperity and block advancement.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic, nīti-oriented passage of the Udyoga Parva, emphasizing practical ethics: one must not remain passive or fearful when duty and opportunity demand decisive action.