Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अन्निहोत्रफला वेदा: शीलवृत्तफलं श्रुवम्‌ । रतिपुत्रफला नारी दत्तभुक्तफलं धनम्‌,वेदोंका फल है अग्निहोत्र करना, शास्त्राध्ययनका फल है सुशीलता और सदाचार, सत्रीका फल है रतिसुख और पुत्रकी प्राप्ति तथा धनका फल है दान और उपभोग

Transliteration

agnihotraphalā vedāḥ śīlavṛttaphalaṃ śrutam | ratiputraphalā nārī dattabhukta-phalaṃ dhanam ||

Translation

ヴィドゥラは説く。尊ぶべきものはそれぞれ相応の果を結ぶ。ヴェーダの果はアグニホートラ（火供）の実践に成り、学びと聖典の研鑽の果は善き品性と節度ある行いに熟す。妻は夫婦の歓びと子を授かる果をもたらし、財は正しく享受され、何より施しとして与えられるとき、その真の目的を得る。

Word by Word

अग्निहोत्रफलाःhaving agnihotra as (their) fruit

वेदाःthe Vedas

शीलवृत्तफलम्the fruit (being) good conduct and right behavior

श्रुतम्scriptural learning / what is heard (śruti)

रतिपुत्रफलाःhaving pleasure and sons as (her) fruit

नारीa woman

दत्तभुक्तफलम्the fruit (being) giving and enjoyment

धनम्wealth

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Vedas

Agnihotra

wife (nārī)

wealth (dhanam)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura teaches that the worth of Vedic knowledge, learning, marriage, and wealth is measured by their proper dharmic fruits: ritual duty (agnihotra), virtuous conduct, family continuity and lawful pleasure, and the righteous use of wealth through enjoyment within limits and generous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral counsel in the tense lead-up to war. Here he summarizes a practical ethic: each sphere of life—religion, education, household relations, and economics—must culminate in its intended, socially and morally sustaining outcome.