Shloka 10
अदारा-नीति
Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction
धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन नेतरेण कथंचन । दैवमानुषयुक्तेन सद्धिराचरितेन च
dharmārthaguṇayuktena netareṇa kathaṃcana | daivamānuṣayuktena saddhir ācaritena ca ||
ダルマに根ざし、正しい繁栄（アルタ）を志し、善き徳を備えた行い——天界にも人界にも益となり、善人たちが実践してきたその正しき行いによってのみ、汝は我にとって愛しき者となり得る。これに反し、卑しき行いによっては、いかなる仕方でも決して我に愛されることはない。
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Affection and approval should be earned only through righteous, beneficial, and virtuous conduct—validated by the practice of good people—never through contrary, unethical actions.
A son addresses another person with a moral criterion for being ‘dear’: not lineage or persuasion, but adherence to dharma, artha in its rightful sense, and good qualities—conduct fit for both worldly life and higher (divine) standards.