Shloka 10
अदारा-नीति
Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction
धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन नेतरेण कथंचन । दैवमानुषयुक्तेन सद्धिराचरितेन च
dharmārthaguṇayuktena netareṇa kathaṃcana | daivamānuṣayuktena saddhir ācaritena ca ||
धर्मार्थगुणयुक्तेन नेतरेण कथंचन । दैवमानुषयुक्तेन सद्धिराचरितेन च ॥ धर्मार्थगुणसम्पन्नैः, देवमानुषलोकेषु हितैः, सत्पुरुषैश्च आचरितैः सत्कर्मभिरेव त्वं मम प्रियः स्याः; तद्विपरीतैरसत्कर्मभिः कथंचन मम प्रियः न भवितुमर्हसि ।
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Affection and approval should be earned only through righteous, beneficial, and virtuous conduct—validated by the practice of good people—never through contrary, unethical actions.
A son addresses another person with a moral criterion for being ‘dear’: not lineage or persuasion, but adherence to dharma, artha in its rightful sense, and good qualities—conduct fit for both worldly life and higher (divine) standards.