Shloka 37

हंस–साध्यसंवादः, वाक्-निग्रहः, महाकुल-लक्षणम्, शान्ति-उपायः

Hamsa–Sādhya Dialogue; Restraint of Speech; Marks of Noble Lineage; Means to Peace

Devanagari script

संक्लिष्टकर्माणमतिप्रमादं नित्यानृतं चादृढभक्तिकं च । विसृष्टरागं पटुमानिनं चा- प्येतानू न सेवेत नराधमान्‌ षट्‌

Transliteration

saṅkliṣṭa-karmāṇam ati-pramādaṃ nityānṛtaṃ cādṛḍha-bhaktikaṃ ca | visṛṣṭa-rāgaṃ paṭu-māninaṃ cāpy etān na seveta narādhamān ṣaṭ ||

Translation

ବିଦୁର କହିଲେ—କ୍ଲେଶଦାୟକ କର୍ମ କରୁଥିବା, ଅତ୍ୟଧିକ ପ୍ରମାଦୀ, ସଦା ଅସତ୍ୟ କହୁଥିବା, ଅଦୃଢ଼ ଭକ୍ତି-ନିଷ୍ଠା ଥିବା, ସ୍ନେହରହିତ, ଏବଂ ନିଜକୁ ବହୁତ ଚତୁର ଭାବୁଥିବା—ଏହି ଛଅ ଅଧମଙ୍କୁ ସେବା କିମ୍ବା ସଙ୍ଗତି କରିବା ଉଚିତ ନୁହେଁ।

Word by Word

• संक्लिष्टकर्माणम्: one whose actions are troublesome/afflictive
• संक्लिष्टकर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्लिष्टकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अतिप्रमादम्: excessively careless
• अतिप्रमादम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिप्रमाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नित्यानृतम्: habitually untruthful
• नित्यानृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्यानृत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अदृढभक्तिकम्: of unsteady devotion/loyalty
• अदृढभक्तिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृढभक्तिक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विसृष्टरागम्: one who has cast off affection (is devoid of attachment)
• विसृष्टरागम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विसृष्टराग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पटुमानिनम्: one who thinks himself clever
• पटुमानिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पटुमानिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• सेवेत: should serve/associate with
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• नराधमान्: the lowest of men
• नराधमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Choose association carefully: do not serve or rely on people whose habits—harmful action, negligence, lying, fickle loyalty, lack of affection, and arrogant cleverness—predict suffering and ethical harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Vidura’s counsel (Vidura-hitavākya) within the Udyoga Parva, he instructs on practical dharma by listing character-types unfit for service or close association, emphasizing discernment in relationships during a tense political crisis.