Shloka 61
Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38
Devanagari script
दुःखार्तेषु प्रमत्तेषु नास्तिकेष्वलसेषु च । न श्रीर्वसत्यदान्तेषु ये चोत्साहविवर्जिता:,जो दुःखसे पीड़ित, प्रमादी, नास्तिक, आलसी, अजितेन्द्रिय और उत्साहरहित हैं, उनके यहाँ लक्ष्मीका वास नहीं होता
Transliteration
duḥkhārteṣu pramatteṣu nāstikeṣv alaseṣu ca | na śrīr vasaty adānteṣu ye cotsāha-vivarjitāḥ ||
Translation
ದುಃಖದಿಂದ ನಲುಗಿದವರಲ್ಲಿ, ಪ್ರಮಾದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ನಾಸ್ತಿಕರಲ್ಲಿ, ಆಲಸ್ಯಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ—ಇಂದ್ರಿಯದಮನವಿಲ್ಲದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ಸಾಹವಿಲ್ಲದವರಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀ (ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ) ವಾಸಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
Word by Word
दुःखार्तेषुamong those afflicted by sorrow
दुःखार्तेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःखार्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
प्रमत्तेषुamong the careless/heedless
प्रमत्तेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रमत्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
नास्तिकेषुamong atheists/non-believers
नास्तिकेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनास्तिक
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
अलसेषुamong the lazy
अलसेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअलस
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
श्रीःLakshmi/fortune/prosperity
श्रीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वसतिdwells
वसति:
TypeVerb
Rootवस्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अदान्तेषुamong the unrestrained (uncontrolled in senses)
अदान्तेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअदान्त
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
उत्साह-विवर्जिताःdevoid of enthusiasm/energy
उत्साह-विवर्जिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्साहविवर्जित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraŚ
Śrī (Lakṣmī)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes