Shloka 30

अदारा-नीति

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

Devanagari script

भविष्यतीत्येव मन: कृत्वा सततमव्यथै: । सफलता होगी ही, ऐसा मनमें दृढ़ विश्वास लेकर निरन्तर विषादरहित होकर तुझे उठना, सजग होना और एऐश्वर्यकी प्राप्ति करानेवाले कर्मोमें लग जाना चाहिये ।।

Transliteration

bhaviṣyatīty eva manaḥ kṛtvā satatam avyathaiḥ | (vat-sa) utthātavyaṃ prabodhitavyaṃ ca tvayā, aiśvaryaprāptikaraṇeṣu karmasu ca niyoktavyam || maṅgalāni puraskṛtya brāhmaṇān devatābhiḥ saha (pūjayitvā), anyāni ca maṅgalakriyāḥ sampādya, sarvakāryārambhakṛd buddhimān rājā śīghram unnatiṃ gacchati | yathā sūryaḥ pūrvadiśam āśritya niyataṃ prakāśayati, tathā rājaśrīr api tam eva rājānam sarvataḥ prāpya yaśasā tejasā ca sampādayati ||

Translation

‘ସଫଳତା ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଆସିବ’—ଏହି ଦୃଢ଼ ବିଶ୍ୱାସକୁ ମନରେ ସ୍ଥିର କରି, ସଦା ବିଷାଦରହିତ ରୁହ। ଉଠ, ସଚେତନ ହେଅ, ଏବଂ ରାଜ୍ୟ-ଐଶ୍ୱର୍ୟ ଓ ସମୃଦ୍ଧି ଦେଇଥିବା କର୍ମରେ ଲାଗି ପଡ଼। ଯେ ପ୍ରାଜ୍ଞ ରାଜା ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟର ଆରମ୍ଭରେ ମଙ୍ଗଳକ୍ରିୟା କରେ—ଦେବତାମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜା କରେ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟ ଶୁଭାନୁଷ୍ଠାନ ସମ୍ପନ୍ନ କରେ—ତାହାର ଉନ୍ନତି ଶୀଘ୍ର ହୁଏ। ଯେପରି ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ପୂର୍ବଦିଗକୁ ଆଶ୍ରୟ କରି ତାହାକୁ ଆଲୋକିତ କରେ, ସେପରି ରାଜଲକ୍ଷ୍ମୀ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ଆସି ସେ ରାଜାକୁ ଯଶ ଓ ତେଜରେ ସମ୍ପନ୍ନ କରେ।

Word by Word

• भविष्यति: will be / will happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एव: indeed / certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having made / having resolved
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), active

• सततम्: always / continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत

• अव्यथैः: with the untroubled (ones) / with those free from distress
• अव्यथैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यथ (अ-व्यथ)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• putra (the son, speaker)
• brāhmaṇas (Brahmins)
• devatās (gods)
• sūrya (the Sun)
• pūrvadiś (the East)
• rājaśrī/rājalakṣmī (royal fortune)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Maintain firm confidence in success, avoid despondency, and act with vigilance; for rulers, prosperity is linked to disciplined effort joined with auspicious, dharmic beginnings—especially honouring Brahmins and the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son counsels (or exhorts) a kingly figure: rise from grief, engage in prosperity-bringing duties, and begin undertakings with auspicious worship; he reinforces the advice with a simile of the sun illuminating the east, paralleling how royal fortune comes to the properly conducting king.