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Shloka 39

अदारा-नीति

Crisis Composure) and ‘Jaya’ Śravaṇa (Morale-Instruction

स्खलितार्थ पुनस्तात संत्यजन्ति च बान्धवा: | अप्यस्मिन्‌ नाश्वसन्ते च जुगुप्सन्ते च तादूशम्‌,इसके विपरीत जिसका धन नष्ट हो गया है, उसके मित्र और भाई-बन्धु भी उसे त्याग देते हैं। उसपर विश्वास नहीं करते हैं तथा उसके-जैसे लोगोंकी निन्‍दा भी करते रहते हैं

skhalitārthaḥ punastāta saṁtyajanti ca bāndhavāḥ | apy asmin nāśvasante ca jugupsante ca tādṛśam |

కానీ తండ్రీ, ఎవరి ధనం మరియు సాధనాలు చేతుల నుంచి జారిపోయాయో, అతడిని బంధువులే విడిచిపెడతారు. అతనిపై విశ్వాసం పెట్టరు; అలాంటి స్థితిలో ఉన్నవారిని తృణీకరించి దూషిస్తారు.

स्खलितार्थम्one whose purpose/wealth has slipped; ruined man
स्खलितार्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्खलितार्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पुनःagain; moreover
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
तातdear one; son (vocative address)
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
संत्यजन्तिthey abandon; they give up
संत्यजन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
बान्धवाःkinsmen; relatives
बान्धवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबान्धव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अपिeven; also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अस्मिन्in him; in this person
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आश्वसन्तेthey trust; they feel confidence
आश्वसन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootश्वस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जुगुप्सन्तेthey despise; they feel disgust
जुगुप्सन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootगुप्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तादृशम्such a one; a person like that
तादृशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतादृश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

पुत्र उवाच

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights a moral and social critique: worldly relationships often depend on prosperity. When wealth and capacity fail, even close kin may withdraw trust and show contempt—implying that true dharma requires steadiness, compassion, and loyalty beyond material success.

A son addresses his father, reflecting on how society treats a person who has lost his wealth and standing: relatives abandon him, people stop trusting him, and they disparage those in such a fallen condition.