Shloka 17

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

Devanagari script

अलोलुपस्तथाल्पेप्सु: कामानामविचिन्तिता । समुद्रकल्प: पुरुष: स दान्त: परिकीर्तित:,जो निर्लोभ, कम-से-कम चाहनेवाला, भोगोंके चिन्तनसे दूर रहनेवाला तथा समुद्रके समान गम्भीर है, उस पुरुषको दान्त (इन्द्रियसंयमी) कहा गया है

Transliteration

alolupas tathālpepsuḥ kāmānām avicintitā | samudrakalpaḥ puruṣaḥ sa dāntaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||

Translation

विदुर म्हणतो— जो निर्लोभ, अल्पेच्छुक, विषयभोगांच्या चिंतनापासून दूर आणि समुद्रासारखा गंभीर आहे— तोच पुरुष ‘दान्त’ (इंद्रियसंयमी) म्हणून कीर्तिला जातो.

Word by Word

अलोलुपःnon-greedy, not covetous

तथाand, likewise

अल्पेप्सुःdesiring little

कामानाम्of desires/pleasures

अविचिन्तिताnot given to thinking about (them), not brooding on

समुद्रकल्पःocean-like (deep/steady)

पुरुषःman, person

सःhe, that (person)

दान्तःself-controlled, sense-restrained

परिकीर्तितःis declared/called

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

puruṣa (the self-controlled person)

samudra (ocean, as simile)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes