Shloka 10

उद्योगपर्व अध्याय १३३ — संजये मातृउपदेशः

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 133 — A Mother’s Counsel to Saṃjaya

Devanagari script

यस्य हार्थाभिनिर्वत्तौ भवन्त्याप्यायिता: परे | तस्यार्थसिद्धिर्नियता नयेष्वर्थानुसारिण:,जिसके प्रयोजनकी सिद्धि होनेपर उससे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाले दूसरे लोग भी संतुष्ट एवं उन्नतिको प्राप्त होते हैं, नीतिमार्गपर चलकर अर्थसिद्धिके लिये प्रयत्न करनेवाले उस पुरुषको निश्चय ही अपने अभीष्टकी सिद्धि होती है

Transliteration

yasya hārthābhinirvattau bhavanty āpyāyitāḥ pare | tasyārthasiddhir niyatā nayeṣv arthānusāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Quando o empreendimento de um homem chega ao fruto pretendido e, por esse êxito, outros ligados a ele também são nutridos e prosperam, então para esse homem—que persegue seus fins segundo a boa política e a conduta reta—o alcance do objetivo desejado é certo.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'yasya', 'definition': 'of whom

• whose'}, {'term': 'artha', 'definition': 'purpose, aim

• also material interest/wealth (context-dependent)'}, {'term': 'abhinirvṛtti', 'definition': 'accomplishment, completion, successful execution'}, {'term': 'āpyāyitāḥ', 'definition': 'nourished, satisfied, strengthened, made to prosper'}, {'term': 'pare', 'definition': 'others

• other people (connected/associated)'}, {'term': 'arthasiddhi', 'definition': 'success in one’s aim

• attainment of the objective'}, {'term': 'niyatā', 'definition': 'certain, assured, inevitable'}, {'term': 'naya', 'definition': 'policy, prudent conduct, right method

• ethical statecraft'}, {'term': 'arthānusārin', 'definition': 'one who follows/acts in accordance with the (right) aim

Speaker

पुत्र उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True success is not merely personal gain: when one pursues one’s aims through nīti (upright, prudent means) and the outcome also benefits and strengthens others, the achievement of one’s objective becomes steady and assured.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented setting, the speaker (identified as “the son”) states a general maxim of conduct: a person whose successful undertaking brings welfare to associates, and who proceeds by proper policy, is certain to accomplish his intended goal.