Shloka 46

Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38

Devanagari script

दुष्कुलीन: कुलीनो वा मर्यादां यो न लड्घयेत्‌ । धमपिक्षी मृदुर्हीमान्‌ स कुलीनशताद्‌ वर:,अधम कुलनमें उत्पन्न हुआ हो या उत्तम कुलमें--जो मर्यादाका उल्लंघन नहीं करता, धर्मकी अपेक्षा रखता है, कोमल स्वभाववाला तथा सलज्ज है, वह सैकड़ों कुलीनोंसे बढ़कर है

Transliteration

duṣkulīnaḥ kulīno vā maryādāṃ yo na laṅghayet | dharmāpekṣī mṛdur hrīmān sa kulīnaśatād varaḥ ||

Translation

ନୀଚ କୁଳରେ ଜନ୍ମ ହେଉ କି ଉତ୍ତମ କୁଳରେ—ଯେ ମର୍ଯ୍ୟାଦା ଲଙ୍ଘନ କରେ ନାହିଁ, ଧର୍ମକୁ ମାନଦଣ୍ଡ କରେ, ସ୍ୱଭାବରେ ମୃଦୁ ଏବଂ ଲଜ୍ଜାଶୀଳ—ସେ କେବଳ କୁଳୀନତାର ନାମଧାରୀ ଶତଜନଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ।

Word by Word

दुष्कुलीनःof bad family / low-born

कुलीनःwell-born / noble

वाor

मर्यादाम्boundary; propriety; limit

यःwho

नnot

लङ्घयेत्should transgress / would overstep

धर्मापेक्षीone who looks to dharma; mindful of righteousness

मृदुःgentle

ह्रीमान्modest; possessing shame (sense of propriety)

सःhe

कुलीनशताद्than a hundred nobles / well-born men

वरःbetter; superior

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes