Shloka 7

Devanagari script

नाथवन्तं तु सुहृद: प्रतिषेधन्ति पातकात्‌ । निवर्तते तु लक्ष्मीवान्‌ नालक्ष्मीवान्‌ निवर्तते

Transliteration

nāthavantaṁ tu suhṛdaḥ pratiṣedhanti pātakāt | nivartate tu lakṣmīvān nālakṣmīvān nivartate ||

Translation

സനാഥനായവനെ അവന്റെ ഹിതൈഷികളായ സുഹൃത്തുകൾ പാതകത്തിൽ നിന്ന് തടയും. ഭാഗ്യവാൻ വിലക്കപ്പെട്ടാൽ പിന്മാറും; എന്നാൽ അഭാഗ്യവാൻ ആ ദുഷ്കർമത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പിന്മാറുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• नाथवन्तम्: one who has a protector/support
• नाथवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाथवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सुहृदः: friends/well-wishers
• सुहृदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रतिषेधन्ति: forbid/prevent
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-षिध्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पातकात्: from sin/evil deed
• पातकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• निवर्तते: turns back/desists
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• लक्ष्मीवान्: fortunate/prosperous
• लक्ष्मीवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अलक्ष्मीवान्: unfortunate/ill-fated
• अलक्ष्मीवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-लक्ष्मीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निवर्तते: desists/turns back
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral restraint depends both on supportive guidance (well-wishers who forbid wrongdoing) and on one’s fortune/disposition: the fortunate heed good counsel and desist, while the ill-fated persist in sin despite warnings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛpa is speaking in the Sauptika Parva, offering a reflective, ethical observation: in moments when someone is inclined toward a sinful act, true friends try to stop him; whether he actually turns back is presented as a mark of good fortune versus misfortune.