Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 2.87
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2.87.1
परेषामेव यशसा श्लोघसे त्वं ।
सदा क्षत्तः कुत्सयन्धार्तराष्ट्रान्।
जानीमहे विदुर यत्प्रियस्त्वं ।
बालानिवास्मानवमन्यसे नित्यमेव ॥ २.८७.१ ॥
O Vidura, you always praise yourself by the fame of others and revile the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. We know whom you hold dear; you always disdain us as if we were children.
2.87.2
स विज्ञेयः पुरुषोऽन्यत्रकामो ।
निन्दाप्रशंसे हि तथा युनक्ति।
जिह्वाऽऽत्मनो हृदयस्थं व्यनक्ति ।
जानीमहे त्वन्मनसः प्रातिकूल्यम् ॥ २.८७.२ ॥
That man is known whose desire lies elsewhere; in blame and in praise the tongue reveals what is in the heart. We know that your mind is hostile to us.
2.87.3
उत्सङ्गे च व्याल इवाहितोऽसि ।
मार्जरवत्पोषकं चोपहंसि।
भर्तृघ्नं त्वां न हि पापीय आहु-
स्तस्मात्क्षत्तः किं न बिभेषि पापात् ॥ २.८७.३ ॥
You lie hidden like a serpent placed in the lap, and like a cat you harm the very one who nourishes you. They say no one is more sinful than a betrayer of his lord; so why, O Vidura, do you not fear sin?
2.87.4
जित्वा शत्रून्फलमाप्तं महद्वै ।
माऽस्मान्क्षत्तः परुषामीह वोचः।
द्विषद्भिस्त्वं सम्प्रयोगाभिनन्दी ।
मुहुर्देषं यासि नः सम्प्रयोगात् ॥ २.८७.४ ॥
Having conquered our enemies, we have obtained a great reward; so do not speak harsh words to us here, O Vidura. You who delight in association with enemies incur hatred toward us again and again from our association.
2.87.5
अमित्रतां याति नरोऽक्षमं ब्रुव-
न्निगूहते गुह्यममित्रसंस्तवे।
तदाश्रितोऽपत्रप किं नु बाधसे ।
यदिच्छसि त्वं तदिहाभिभाषतसे ॥ २.८७.५ ॥
A man who speaks unfitly incurs enmity, and in the company of enemies he conceals a secret. Shameless one, relying on that, why do you trouble us? You speak here whatever you wish.
2.87.6
मा नोऽवमंस्था विद्य मानस्तवेदं ।
शिक्षस्व बुद्धिं स्थविराणां सकाशात्।
यशो रक्षस्व विदुर सम्प्रणीतं ।
मा व्यापृतः परकार्येशु भूस्त्वम् ॥ २.८७.६ ॥
Wise one, do not disregard us; this is your own honor. Learn wisdom from the presence of the elders. Vidura, guard the well-conducted fame. Do not be engaged in the affairs of others.
2.87.7
अहं कर्तेति विदूर मा च मंस्था ।
मा नो नित्यं परुषाणीह वोचः।
न त्वां पृच्छामि विदुर यद्धितं मे ।
स्वस्ति क्षत्तर्मा तितिक्षून् क्षिण् त्वम् ॥ २.८७.७ ॥
Vidura, do not think that I am the doer. Do not always speak harsh words to us here. Vidura, I do not ask you what is beneficial to me. Charioteer, be well; do not diminish the forbearing.
2.87.8
एकः शास्ता न द्वितीयोऽस्ति शास्ता ।
गर्भे शयानं पुरुषं शास्ति शास्ता।
तेनानुशिष्टः प्रवणादिवाम्भो ।
यथा नियुक्तोऽस्ति तथा भवामि ॥ २.८७.८ ॥
There is one controller, and there is no second controller. The controller governs even the person lying in the womb. Instructed by him, like water flowing from a slope, I become as I have been appointed.
2.87.9
भिनत्ति शिरसा शैलमहिं भोजयते च यः ।
धीरेव कुरुते तस्य कार्याणामनुशासनम्।
यो बलादनुशास्तीह सोऽमित्रं तेन विन्दति ॥ २.८७.९ ॥
He who breaks a rock with his head and feeds a snake, governs his undertakings as a steadfast man would. Whoever here governs by force thereby gains an enemy.
2.87.10
मित्रतामनुवृत्तं तु समुपेक्षत्यपण्डितः ।
दीप्य यः प्रदीप्ताग्निं प्राच्किरं नाभिधावति।
भस्मापि न स विन्देत शिष्टं क्वचन भारत ॥ २.८७.१० ॥
The unwise man who neglects friendship even when it is returned, who does not run toward a blazing fire — O Bhārata, he shall find nothing anywhere, not even ashes, nothing left over.
2.87.11
न वासयेत्पारवर्ग्यं द्विषन्तं ।
विशेषतः क्षत्तरहितं मनुप्यम्।
स यत्रेच्छसि विदुर तत्र गच्छ ।
सुसान्त्विता ह्यसती स्त्री जहाति ॥ २.८७.११ ॥
No one should keep at home a man hostile to the Pāṇḍava side, especially without the steward. Vidura, go wherever you wish; even a well-consoled unchaste woman forsakes her husband.
2.87.12
एतावता पुरुषं ये त्यजन्ति ।
तेषां सख्यमन्तवद्ब्रूहि राजन्।
राज्ञां हि चित्तानि परिप्लुतानि ।
सान्त्वं दत्वा मुसलैर्घातयन्ति ॥ २.८७.१२ ॥
Tell me, O king, that the friendship of those who abandon a man for so little is perishable. The minds of kings are unsteady; having offered consolation, they strike men down with clubs.
2.87.13
अबालत्वं मन्यसे राजपुत्र ।
बालोऽहमित्येव सुमन्दबुद्धे।
यः सौहृदे पुरुषं स्थापयित्वा ।
पश्चादेनं दूषयते स बालः ॥ २.८७.१३ ॥
Prince, you think you are not a child. Thinking 'I am no child', O dull-witted one — he who establishes a man in friendship and afterwards defiles him, that man is the child, the fool.
2.87.14
न श्रेयसे नीयते मन्दबुद्धिः ।
स्त्री श्रोत्रियस्येव गृहे प्रदुष्टा।
ध्रुवं न रोचेद्भरतर्षभस्य ।
पतिः कुमार्या इव षष्टिवर्षः ॥ २.८७.१४ ॥
A dull-witted man is not led toward welfare. Like a corrupted woman in the house of a learned brahmin, a husband of sixty years surely would not please a maiden, O best of the Bharatas.
2.87.15
अतः प्रियं चेदनुकाङ्क्षसे त्वं ।
सर्वेषु कार्येषु हिताहितेषु
स्त्रियश्च राजञ्जडपङ्गुकांश्च ।
पृच्छ त्वं वै तादृशांश्चैव सर्वान् ॥ २.८७.१५ ॥
Therefore, if you desire what is pleasing, O king, in all affairs concerning good and harm, ask women, the dull and the lame, and all such people as well.
2.87.16
लभ्यते खलु पापीयान्नरोऽनु प्रियवागिह ।
अप्रियस्य हि पथ्यस्य वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥ २.८७.१६ ॥
Indeed, here a wicked man who speaks pleasingly is easily found, but a speaker and a listener of what is unpleasant yet wholesome is rare.
2.87.17
यस्तु धर्मपरश्च स्याद्धित्वा भर्तुः प्रियाप्रिये ।
अप्रियाण्याह पथ्यानि तेन राजा सहायवान् ॥ २.८७.१७ ॥
He who, devoted to dharma, sets aside his lord's pleasure and displeasure and speaks unpleasant yet wholesome things, by him the king has a true helper.
2.87.18
अव्याधइजं कटुजं तीक्ष्णमुष्णं ।
यशोमुषं परुषं पूतिगन्धिम्।
सतां पेयं यन्न पिबन्त्यसन्तो ।
मन्युं महाराज पिब प्रशाम्य ॥ २.८७.१८ ॥
This anger, which does not cause disease, born of bitterness, sharp, hot, robbing one of fame, harsh and foul-smelling, is to be drunk by the good, which the wicked do not drink; O great king, calm it and drink it.
2.87.19
वैचित्रवीर्यस्य यशो धनं च ।
वाञ्छाम्यहं सहपुत्रस्य शश्वत्।
यथा तथा तेऽस्तु नमश्चतेऽस्तु ।
ममापि च स्वस्ति दिशन्तु विप्राः ॥ २.८७.१९ ॥
I always wish fame and wealth for you and your sons, the fame and wealth of Vicitravīrya. However it may be, homage to you. And may the brahmins grant welfare to me as well.
2.87.20
आशीविषान्नेत्रविषान्कोपयेन्न च पण्डितः ।
एवं तेऽहं वदामीदं प्रयतः कुरुनन्दन ॥ २.८७.२० ॥
A wise man should not provoke snakes that carry venom in their fangs, nor those whose venom is in their eyes. Thus I speak this to you, with restraint, O joy of the Kurus.