Shloka 30
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
Devanagari script
वृत्तं यत्नेन संरक्षेद् वित्तमेति च याति च | अक्षीणो वित्तत: क्षीणो वृत्ततस्तु हतो हतः
Transliteration
vṛttaṃ yatnena saṃrakṣed vittam eti ca yāti ca | akṣīṇo vittataḥ kṣīṇo vṛttatas tu hato hataḥ ||
Translation
维杜罗劝诫道：“当以勤勉守护正行；因为财富常来常去。人并不因财物减少而真正衰败；但若背离善行之道，便当视为确已毁灭。”
Word by Word
वृत्तम्conduct, right behavior
वृत्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यत्नेनwith effort
यत्नेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
संरक्षेत्should protect/preserve
संरक्षेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-रक्ष् (धातु)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वित्तम्wealth
वित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतिcomes
एति:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यातिgoes
याति:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अक्षीणःnot diminished
अक्षीणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-क्षीण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वित्ततःfrom/with respect to wealth
वित्ततः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootवित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
क्षीणःdiminished
क्षीणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षीण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृत्ततःfrom/with respect to conduct
वृत्ततः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
तुbut
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
हतःruined, destroyed
हतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √हन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हतःindeed destroyed (emphatic repetition)
हतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √हन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Protect moral conduct (vṛtta/sadācāra) with constant effort; wealth is unstable, but character is the true measure of a person—loss of wealth is not real ruin, loss of conduct is.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled setting, Vidura delivers nīti (ethical instruction), emphasizing to the Kuru court that integrity must be safeguarded above material prosperity.