Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 15.28
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15.28.1
युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो कच्चित्वं कुशली ह्यसि ।
सहितो भ्रातृभिः सर्वैः पौरजानपदैस्तथा ॥ १५.२८.१ ॥
O Yudhiṣṭhira, mighty-armed one, are you well? Are you, together with all your brothers and the townsfolk and country people, in good health?
15.28.2
ये च त्वामनुजीवन्ति कच्चित्तेऽपि निरामयाः ।
सचिवा भृत्यवर्गाश्च गुरवश्चैव ते नृप ॥ १५.२८.२ ॥
Are those who live dependent on you also free from illness? O king, are your ministers, your body of servants, and your elders also in good health?
15.28.3
कच्चित्तेऽपि निरातङ्का वसन्ति विषये तव ।
कच्चिद्वर्तसि पौराणीं वृत्तिं राजर्षिसेविताम् ॥ १५.२८.३ ॥
Do they also live without fear in your realm? Do you follow the ancient conduct practised by royal sages?
15.28.4
कच्चिन्न्यायाननुच्छिद्य कोशस्तेऽभिप्रपूर्यते ।
अरिमध्यस्थमित्रेषु वर्तसे चानुरूपतः।
ब्राह्मणानग्रहारैर्वा यथावदनुपश्यसि ॥ १५.२८.४ ॥
Is your treasury being filled without violating what is just? Do you conduct yourself appropriately toward enemies, neutrals and friends? Do you properly look after the brahmins with grants of agrahāra land?
15.28.5
कच्चित्ते परितुष्यन्ति शीलेनि भरतर्षभ ।
शत्रवोपि कुतः पौरा भृत्या वा स्वजनोपि वा ॥ १५.२८.५ ॥
O bull of the Bharatas, are they pleased with your character? If even enemies are pleased, how much more should townsmen, servants or your own kinsmen be?
15.28.6
कच्चिद्यजसकि राजेन्द्र श्रद्धावान्पितृदेवताः ।
अतिथीनन्नपानेनि कच्चिदर्चसि भारत ॥ १५.२८.६ ॥
O lord of kings, do you sacrifice faithfully to the ancestors and the gods? O Bhārata, do you honour your guests with food and drink?
15.28.7
कच्चिन्नयपथे विप्राः स्वकर्मनिरतास्तव ।
क्षत्रिया वैश्यवर्णा वा शूद्रा वाऽपि कुटुम्बिनः ॥ १५.२८.७ ॥
Are your brahmins, devoted to their own duties, walking the path of right conduct? And the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, or even the śūdras who are householders?
15.28.8
कच्चित्स्त्रीबालवृद्धं ते न शोचति न याचते ।
जामयः पूजिताः कच्चित्तव गेहे नरर्षभ ॥ १५.२८.८ ॥
In your house, do the women, children and elderly not grieve or beg? And, best of men, are your female relatives honored in your home?
15.28.9
कच्चिद्राजर्षिवंशोऽयं त्वामासाद्य महीपतिम् ।
यथोचितं महाराज यशसा नावसीदति ॥ १५.२८.९ ॥
Does this lineage of royal sages, having found in you a lord of the earth, not decline in fame as it ought? O great king!
15.28.10
इत्येवादिनं तं स न्यायवित्प्रत्यभाषत ।
कुशलप्रश्नसंयुक्तं कुशलो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १५.२८.१० ॥
To him who had spoken thus, the knower of right answered; the skilled one spoke words joined with inquiries about welfare.
15.28.11
अपि ते वर्धते राजंस्पपो मन्दः श्रमश्च ते ॥ १५.२८.११ ॥
O king, does your austerity increase? Are your weakness and fatigue diminishing?
15.28.12
अपि मे जननी चेयं शुश्रूषुर्विगतक्लमा ।
अथास्याः सफलो राजन्वनवासो भविष्यति ॥ १५.२८.१२ ॥
And is this mother of mine, devoted to service, free from weariness? Then, O king, her forest-dwelling will be fruitful.
15.28.13
इयं च माता ज्येष्ठा मे शीतवाताध्वकर्शिता ।
घोरेण तपसा युक्ता देवी कच्चिन्न शोचति ॥ १५.२८.१३ ॥
And my eldest mother, worn down by cold, wind and the road, engaged in severe austerity — does the goddess not grieve?
15.28.14
हतान्पुत्रान्महावीर्यान्क्षत्रधर्मपरायणान् ।
नापध्यायति वा कच्चिदस्मान्पापकृतः सदा ॥ १५.२८.१४ ॥
Does she never dwell on her sons, mighty in valour, slain, devoted to the duty of the warrior? Does she not always think of us, the sinners?
15.28.15
क्व चासौ विदुरो राजन्नेमं पश्यामहे वयम् ।
संजयः कुशली चायं कच्चिन्नु तपसि स्थिरः ॥ १५.२८.१५ ॥
O king, where is that Vidura? We do not see him. And this Sañjaya is well — is he too steadfast in austerity?
15.28.16
इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचैनं धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपम् ।
कुशली विदुरः पुत्र तपो घोरं समाश्रितः ॥ १५.२८.१६ ॥
Thus addressed, Dhṛtarāṣṭra replied to that lord of men: 'Son, Vidura is well; he has taken up severe austerity.'
15.28.17
वायुभक्षो निराहारः कृशो धमनिसंततः ।
कजाचिद्दृश्यते विप्रैः शून्येऽस्मिन्कानने क्वचित् ॥ १५.२८.१७ ॥
Living on air, without food, emaciated, with veins standing out, he is at times seen by brahmins somewhere in this empty forest.
15.28.18
इत्येवं ब्रुवतस्तस्य जटी वीटामुखः कृशः ।
दिग्वासा मलदिग्धाङ्गो वनरेणुसमुक्षितः ॥ १५.२८.१८ ॥
As he was speaking thus — matted-haired, with a betel-leaf in his mouth, emaciated, sky-clad, his limbs smeared with dirt, sprinkled with forest dust.
15.28.19
दूरादालक्षितः क्षत्ता तत्राख्यातो महीपतेः ।
कविदुरस्त्वेष धर्मात्मा जनं दृष्ट्वा निवर्तते ॥ १५.२८.१९ ॥
Far off, the steward Vidura, the righteous one, was seen, pointed out by the king; upon seeing the people, he turns back.
15.28.20
निवर्तमानं सहसा जनं दृष्ट्वाऽऽश्रमं प्रति ।
तमन्वधावन्नृपतिरेक एव युधिष्ठिरः।
प्रविशन्तं वनं घोरं लक्ष्यालक्ष्यं क्वचित्क्वचित् ॥ १५.२८.२० ॥
Seeing the people, he suddenly turned back toward the hermitage; and King Yudhiṣṭhira alone ran after him, as he entered the terrible forest, sometimes seen, sometimes unseen.
15.28.21
भोभो विदुर राजाऽहं दयितस्ते युधिष्ठिरः ।
इति ब्रुवन्नरपतिस्तं यत्नादभ्यधावत ॥ १५.२८.२१ ॥
"O Vidura, O Vidura! I am King Yudhiṣṭhira, your beloved!
15.28.22
ततो विविक्त एकान्ते तस्थौ बुद्धिमतां वरः ।
विदुरो वृक्षमाश्रित्य कञ्चित्तत्र वनान्तरे ॥ १५.२८.२२ ॥
Then Vidura, best of the wise, stood alone in a secluded spot of that forest, leaning against a tree.
15.28.23
तं राजा क्षीणभूयिष्ठमाकृतीमात्रसूचितम् ।
अभिजज्ञे महाबुद्धिं महाबुद्धिर्युधिष्ठिरः ॥ १५.२८.२३ ॥
The king, Yudhiṣṭhira of great wisdom, recognized him — Vidura, greatly emaciated, known only by his form.
15.28.24
युधिष्ठिरोऽहमस्मीति वाक्यमुक्त्वाऽग्रतः स्थितः ।
विदुरस्याश्रमे राजा स च प्रत्याह संज्ञया ॥ १५.२८.२४ ॥
Saying the words "I am Yudhiṣṭhira," the king stood before him; and in Vidura's hermitage, he answered by a sign.
15.28.25
ततः सोऽनिमिषो भूत्वा राजानं तमुदैक्षत ।
संयोज्य विदुरस्तस्मिन्दृष्टिं दृष्ट्या समाहितः ॥ १५.२८.२५ ॥
Then, unblinking, he gazed at that king. Vidura, composed, fixed his sight upon him.
15.28.26
विवेश विदुरो धीमान्गात्रैर्गात्राणि चैव ह ।
प्राणान्प्राणेषु च दधदिन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियेषु च ॥ १५.२८.२६ ॥
The wise Vidura entered with his limbs into his limbs, placing breath within breath and the senses within the senses.
15.28.27
स योगबलमास्थाय विवेश नृपतेस्तनुम् ।
विदुरो धर्मराजस्य तेजसा प्रज्वलन्निव ॥ १५.२८.२७ ॥
Taking refuge in the power of yoga, he entered the body of the king, blazing as though with the radiance of the king of dharma.
15.28.28
विदुरस्य शरीरं तु तथैव स्तब्धलोचनम् ।
वृक्षाश्रितं तदा राजा ददर्श गतचेतनम् ॥ १५.२८.२८ ॥
But Vidura's body was likewise, with fixed eyes, leaning against a tree; then the king saw it without consciousness.
15.28.29
बलवन्तं तथाऽऽत्मानं मेने बहुगुणं तदा ।
धर्मराजो महातेजास्तच्च सस्मार पाण्डवः ॥ १५.२८.२९ ॥
Then Yudhiṣṭhira, the king of dharma, of great radiance, deemed himself strong and endowed with many qualities, and he remembered that too.
15.28.30
पौराणमात्मनः सर्वं भविष्यं च विशाम्पते ।
योगधर्मं महातेजा व्यासेन कथिनं यथा ॥ १५.२८.३० ॥
O lord of the people, the great-radiant one recalled all his own past and future, and the duty of yoga as Vyāsa had taught it.
15.28.31
धर्मराजश्च तत्रैनं सञ्चस्कारयिषुस्तदा ।
दग्धुकामोऽभवद्विद्वानथ वागभ्यभाषत ॥ १५.२८.३१ ॥
Then the king of dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira, intending to perform the rites for him, wished to burn the body; then the wise one spoke.
15.28.32
भोभो राजन्न दग्धव्यमेतद्विदुरसंज्ञकम् ।
कलेबरमिहैवं ते धर्म एष सनातनः ॥ १५.२८.३२ ॥
O king, this body called Vidura is not to be burned; here indeed is your eternal dharma.
15.28.33
लोको वैकर्तनो नाम भविष्यत्यस्य भारत ।
यतिधर्ममवाप्तोसौ नैष शोच्यः परंतप ॥ १५.२८.३३ ॥
O Bhārata, his world will be called Vaikartana; he has attained the duty of an ascetic. O scorcher of foes, he is not to be grieved for.
15.28.34
इत्युक्तो धर्मराजः स विनिवृत्य ततः पुनः ।
राज्ञो वैचित्रवीर्यस्य तत्सर्वं प्रत्यवेदयत् ॥ १५.२८.३४ ॥
Thus addressed, the king of dharma turned back and reported all of it to the king, the son of Vicitravīrya.
15.28.35
ततः स राजा धृतिमान्स च सर्वो जनस्तदा ।
भीमसेनादयश्चैव परं विस्मियमागताः ॥ १५.२८.३५ ॥
Then that steadfast king, and all the people, and Bhīmasena and the others were greatly astonished.
15.28.36
तच्छ्रुत्वा प्रीतिमान्राजा भूत्वा धर्मजमब्रवीत् ।
आपो मूलं फलं चैव ममेदं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥ १५.२८.३६ ॥
Hearing that, the pleased king said to the son of Dharma: 'Water, roots, and fruit, let this offering of mine be accepted.'
15.28.37
यदन्नो हि नरो राजंस्तदन्नोऽस्यातिथिः स्मृतः ।
इत्युक्तः स तथेत्येवं प्राह धर्मात्मजो नृपम् ॥ १५.२८.३७ ॥
O king, the one whose food a man eats is called his guest. Thus addressed, the righteous son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira) said to the king, "So be it."
15.28.38
फलं मूलं च बुभुजे राज्ञा दत्तं सहानुजः ।
ततस्ते वृक्षमूलेषु कृतवासपरिग्रहाः।
तां रात्रिमवसन्सर्वे फलमूलजलाशनाः ॥ १५.२८.३८ ॥
They ate the fruits and roots given by the king, together with their younger brothers. Then all of them, taking up their dwelling at the roots of the trees, spent that night eating only fruits, roots and water.