Shloka 38
उद्योगपर्व — विदुरनीतिः (Adhyāya 37): आयुःक्षयहेतवः, नीतिसूत्राणि, बलभेदाः, पाण्डव-विग्रहदोषदर्शनम्
धृति: शमो दम: शौचं कारुण्यं वागनिष्ठरा । मित्राणां चानभिद्रोह: सप्तैता: समिध: श्रिय:,धैर्य, मनोनिग्रह, इन्द्रियसंयम, पवित्रता, दया, कोमल वाणी और मित्रसे द्रोह न करना --ये सात बातें लक्ष्मीको बढ़ानेवाली हैं इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि प्रजागरपर्वणि विदुरवाक्ये अष्टात्रिंशो 5 ध्याय: ।।
dhṛtiḥ śamo damaḥ śaucaṁ kāruṇyaṁ vāg-aniṣṭhurā | mitrāṇāṁ cānabhidrohaḥ sapta etāḥ samidhaḥ śriyaḥ ||
Vidura berkata: “Keteguhan, ketenangan batin, pengendalian diri, kesucian, belas kasihan, tutur kata yang lembut (tidak kasar), serta tidak mengkhianati atau mencederai sahabat—tujuh inilah kayu penyala yang menyuburkan dan menambah Śrī (kemakmuran, kesejahteraan, tuah yang baik).”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity (śrī) is sustained by ethical qualities: fortitude, calm, restraint, purity, compassion, gentle speech, and loyalty/non-betrayal toward friends. These virtues are portrayed as the ‘fuel’ that makes well-being grow.
In Vidura’s counsel within the Prajāgara section of the Udyoga Parva, he concludes a sequence of moral instruction by listing seven character-traits that nurture true prosperity, offering Dhṛtarāṣṭra (and the court) a standard of conduct as war approaches.