Shloka 286
अदारा-नीति
Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction
नुदेद् वृद्धयसमृद्धी स प्रतिकूले नृपात्मज । राजकुमार! जिसे पहलेसे ही सभी पदार्थोकी अनित्यताका ज्ञान होता है
nuded vṛddhaya-samṛddhī sa pratikūle nṛpātmaja
王子よ、万物が無常であることをあらかじめ知る賢者は、熟慮と識別によって、敵が栄え自らが衰えるときに生じる悲しみを鎮めることができる。この教えは心の不動を勧める。外の転変――他者の上昇や己の没落――に内なる均衡を揺さぶられてはならぬ。得も失も、すべては束の間である。
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Recognize the impermanence of worldly conditions; through reflective discernment one can dispel the grief caused by an enemy’s rise and one’s own decline, maintaining inner steadiness rather than being ruled by external fortune.
A son addresses a prince, offering counsel on how to respond mentally and ethically to adverse reversals—especially the painful sight of a rival’s prosperity—by grounding oneself in the insight that all worldly gains and losses are transient.