Shloka 286
अदारा-नीति
Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction
नुदेद् वृद्धयसमृद्धी स प्रतिकूले नृपात्मज । राजकुमार! जिसे पहलेसे ही सभी पदार्थोकी अनित्यताका ज्ञान होता है
nuded vṛddhaya-samṛddhī sa pratikūle nṛpātmaja
नृपात्मज! यः पूर्वमेव सर्वपदार्थानामनित्यतां जानाति, स बुद्धिमान् पुरुषः प्रतिकूलस्य शत्रोः समृद्ध्या स्वस्य चावनत्या जातं दुःखं विचारबलेन प्रशमयितुं शक्नोति।
पुत्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Recognize the impermanence of worldly conditions; through reflective discernment one can dispel the grief caused by an enemy’s rise and one’s own decline, maintaining inner steadiness rather than being ruled by external fortune.
A son addresses a prince, offering counsel on how to respond mentally and ethically to adverse reversals—especially the painful sight of a rival’s prosperity—by grounding oneself in the insight that all worldly gains and losses are transient.