Shloka 286

अदारा-नीति

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

Devanagari script

नुदेद्‌ वृद्धयसमृद्धी स प्रतिकूले नृपात्मज । राजकुमार! जिसे पहलेसे ही सभी पदार्थोकी अनित्यताका ज्ञान होता है

Transliteration

nuded vṛddhaya-samṛddhī sa pratikūle nṛpātmaja

Translation

ରାଜକୁମାର! ଯେ ଜଣେ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ସମସ୍ତ ପଦାର୍ଥର ଅନିତ୍ୟତା ଜାଣିଥାଏ, ସେ ଜ୍ଞାନୀ ପୁରୁଷ ପ୍ରତିକୂଳ ଶତ୍ରୁର ଉନ୍ନତି ଓ ନିଜ ଅବନତିରୁ ଜନ୍ମିଥିବା ଦୁଃଖକୁ ବିଚାରଦ୍ୱାରା ଶାନ୍ତ କରିପାରେ।

Word by Word

• नुदेत्: should drive away / should dispel
• नुदेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नुद्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Potential/Optative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृद्धि: prosperity, rise
• वृद्धि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• असमृद्धी: non-prosperity, decline
• असमृद्धी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असमृद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिकूले: in/with regard to the adverse (situation/party)
• प्रतिकूले: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिकूल
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नृपात्मज: O king's son
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• nṛpātmaja (a prince/royal son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recognize the impermanence of worldly conditions; through reflective discernment one can dispel the grief caused by an enemy’s rise and one’s own decline, maintaining inner steadiness rather than being ruled by external fortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son addresses a prince, offering counsel on how to respond mentally and ethically to adverse reversals—especially the painful sight of a rival’s prosperity—by grounding oneself in the insight that all worldly gains and losses are transient.