Shloka 10

अदारा-नीति

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

Devanagari script

धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन नेतरेण कथंचन । दैवमानुषयुक्तेन सद्धिराचरितेन च

Transliteration

dharmārthaguṇayuktena netareṇa kathaṃcana | daivamānuṣayuktena saddhir ācaritena ca ||

Translation

ଧର୍ମ, ଅର୍ଥ ଓ ଗୁଣରେ ଯୁକ୍ତ—ଦେବଲୋକ ଓ ମନୁଷ୍ୟଲୋକ ଉଭୟରେ ହିତକର ଏବଂ ସତ୍ପୁରୁଷମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଆଚରିତ—ଏମିତି ସତ୍କର୍ମ ଦ୍ୱାରା ମାତ୍ର ତୁମେ ମୋର ପ୍ରିୟ ହୋଇପାରିବ। ତାହାର ବିପରୀତ ଅସତ୍କର୍ମ ଦ୍ୱାରା ତୁମେ କୌଣସି ପ୍ରକାରେ ମୋର ପ୍ରିୟ ହୋଇପାରିବ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन: by/with (that which is) endowed with dharma, artha, and virtues
• धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मार्थगुणयुक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• इतरेण: by/with the other (i.e., the opposite)
• इतरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way; somehow (at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• दैवमानुषयुक्तेन: by/with (that which is) connected with the divine and the human (worlds)
• दैवमानुषयुक्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवमानुषयुक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सद्भिः: by the good (people); by the virtuous
• सद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आचरितेन: practised; performed
• आचरितेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आचरित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Affection and approval should be earned only through righteous, beneficial, and virtuous conduct—validated by the practice of good people—never through contrary, unethical actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses another person with a moral criterion for being ‘dear’: not lineage or persuasion, but adherence to dharma, artha in its rightful sense, and good qualities—conduct fit for both worldly life and higher (divine) standards.