Shloka 31

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

Devanagari script

प्राज्ञस्थ नृपतेराशु वृद्धिर्भवति पुत्रक | अभिवर्तति लक्ष्मीस्तं प्राचीमिव दिवाकर:

Transliteration

prājñastha nṛpater āśu vṛddhir bhavati putraka | abhivartati lakṣmīs taṃ prācīm iva divākaraḥ ||

Translation

သားရေ၊ ဒေဝတများနှင့်အတူ ဗြာဟ္မဏများကို ပူဇော်ကန်တော့ပြီး အခြား မင်္ဂလာကိစ္စများကို ပြီးစီးစေကာ ထို့နောက်မှ လုပ်ငန်းတိုင်းကို စတင်သော ပညာရှိ မင်းသည် လျင်မြန်စွာ ကြီးပွားတိုးတက်၏။ ရာဇလက္ခမီသည် အရပ်ရပ်မှ သူ့ထံသို့ လှည့်လာကာ ကပ်လျက် နာမည်ဂုဏ်သတင်းနှင့် တောက်ပမှုကို ပေးအပ်၏—နေမင်းသည် မလွဲမသွေ အရှေ့ဘက်ကို အားကိုး၍ ထိုဘက်ကို ထွန်းလင်းစေသကဲ့သို့။

Word by Word

• प्राज्ञस्य: of the wise
• प्राज्ञस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नृपतेः: of the king
• नृपतेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• वृद्धिः: prosperity, increase
• वृद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: arises, happens, becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभिवर्तति: turns toward, comes to, attends upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि√वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• लक्ष्मीः: fortune, royal prosperity
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राचीम्: the eastern direction
• प्राचीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दिवाकरः: the sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वत्स: O child, dear one
• वत्स: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• putra (son)
• nṛpati (king)
• lakṣmī (royal fortune)
• divākara (sun)
• prācī (east)
• devatāḥ (gods)
• brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s swift prosperity is linked to dharmic conduct: beginning actions with reverence—especially honoring Brahmins and the divine and performing auspicious rites—draws Lakṣmī (royal fortune), bringing fame and radiance.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses his father (the king) with counsel on statecraft and dharma, using a simile: as the sun naturally rises in the east and illuminates it, so fortune naturally turns toward a king who starts his works with proper worship and auspicious observances.