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Shloka 14

Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38

युक्ताश्चान्यैर्महादोषैयें नरास्तान्‌ विवर्जयेत्‌ । निवर्तमाने सौहार्दे प्रीतिर्नीचे प्रणश्यति

yuktāścānyair mahādoṣair ye narās tān vivarjayet | nivartamāne sauhārde prītir nīce praṇaśyati ||

ಮಹಾದೋಷಗಳೂ ಇತರ ದುರ್ವ್ಯಸನಗಳೂ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಜನರನ್ನು ದೂರವಿಡಬೇಕು. ಸೌಹಾರ್ದ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸ्नेಹ ಹಿಂಜರಿಯಲು ಆರಂಭಿಸಿದಾಗ ನೀಚಸ್ವಭಾವಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಷ್ಠೆ ಮೊದಲು ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

युक्ताःendowed/associated
युक्ताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootयुक्त (युज्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यैःwith other
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
महादोषैःwith great faults
महादोषैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमहादोष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
येwho
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नराःmen/people
नराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विवर्जयेत्should avoid/shun
विवर्जयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootविवर्ज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
निवर्तमानेwhen (it is) ceasing/turning back
निवर्तमाने:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिवर्तमान (नि+वृत्)
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सौहार्देin friendship/cordiality
सौहार्दे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसौहार्द
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
प्रीतिःaffection/attachment
प्रीतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रीति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नीचेin a low/base person
नीचे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनीच
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
प्रणश्यतिperishes/is destroyed
प्रणश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+नश्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura

Educational Q&A

Avoid association with people marked by serious moral defects; when harmony weakens, the ignoble person is the first to let affection collapse, so friendship should be grounded in virtue rather than convenience.

In Vidura’s counsel during the tense pre-war negotiations of the Udyoga Parva, he offers practical nīti: how to judge companions and preserve dharmic relationships amid declining goodwill.