Shloka 8

Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)

Devanagari script

ये चाल्पतेजोबलसत्त्वमाना: क्लिश्यन्ति कुप्यन्ति च यत्र तत्र । न चैव तिष्ठामि तथाविधेषु नरेषु संगुप्तमनोरथेषु

Transliteration

ye cālpatejobala-sattva-mānāḥ kliśyanti kupyanti ca yatra tatra | na caiva tiṣṭhāmi tathāvidheṣu nareṣu saṃgupta-manoratheṣu ||

Translation

“凡光辉、力量、勇气与荣誉感皆浅薄者；动辄忧恼、因琐事处处易怒者；心怀他念而外示异相、掩藏真实欲求者——在这等人中，我决不栖止。”

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अल्पतेजोबलसत्त्वमानाः: having little splendor, strength, virtue, and self-respect
• अल्पतेजोबलसत्त्वमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प-तेजस्-बल-सत्त्व-मान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्लिश्यन्ति: are distressed / suffer
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्लिश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुप्यन्ति: get angry
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुप्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed / at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तिष्ठामि: I stay / abide
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तथाविधेषु: in such (of that kind)
• तथाविधेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथा-विध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• नरेषु: in men / among people
• नरेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• संगुप्तमनोरथेषु: in those whose desires are concealed
• संगुप्तमनोरथेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगुप्त-मनोरथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True worth is marked by inner strength—radiance, power, courage, and honor—together with emotional steadiness and transparent intention. Those who are petty, easily irritated, and inwardly duplicitous are unfit vessels for noble qualities; the verse warns against hypocrisy and uncontrolled anger.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma and conduct, he describes the kind of people in whom a higher virtue (such as śrī/fortune or noble excellence) does not ‘reside’: persons of low inner resources who are quickly upset, quick to rage, and who hide their real motives behind a false exterior.