|| iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi prajāgaraparvaṇi
viduravākye ekonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
anīśvaro'yaṃ puruṣo bhavābhave
sūtraprotā dārumayīva yoṣā |
dhātrā hi diṣṭasya vaśe kilāyaṃ
tasmādvada tvaṃ śravaṇe ghṛto'ham || 1||
vidura uvāca |
aprāptakālaṃ vacanaṃ bṛhaspatirapi bruvan |
labhate buddhyavajñānamavamānaṃ ca bhārata || 2||
priyo bhavati dānena priyavādena cāparaḥ |
mantraṃ mūlabalenānyo yaḥ priyaḥ priya eva saḥ || 3||
dveṣyo na sādhurbhavati na medhāvī na paṇḍitaḥ |
priye śubhāni karmāṇi dveṣye pāpāni bhārata || 4||
na sa kṣayo mahārāja yaḥ kṣayo vṛddhimāvahet |
kṣayaḥ sa tviha mantavyo yaṃ labdhvā bahu nāśayet || 5||
samṛddhā guṇataḥ ke cidbhavanti dhanato'pare |
dhanavṛddhānguṇairhīnāndhṛtarāṣṭra vivarjayet || 6||
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
sarvaṃ tvamāyatī yuktaṃ bhāṣase prājñasammatam |
na cotsahe sutaṃ tyaktuṃ yato dharmastato jayaḥ || 7||
vidura uvāca |
svabhāvaguṇasampanno na jātu vinayānvitaḥ |
susūkṣmamapi bhūtānāmupamardaṃ prayokṣyate || 8||
parāpavāda niratāḥ paraduḥkhodayeṣu ca |
parasparavirodhe ca yatante satatothitāḥ || 9||
sa doṣaṃ darśanaṃ yeṣāṃ saṃvāse sumahadbhayam |
arthādāne mahāndoṣaḥ pradāne ca mahadbhayam || 10||
ye pāpā iti vikhyātāḥ saṃvāse parigarhitāḥ |
yuktāścānyairmahādoṣairye narāstānvivarjayet || 11||
nivartamāne sauhārde prītirnīce praṇaśyati |
yā caiva phalanirvṛttiḥ sauhṛde caiva yatsukham || 12||
yatate cāpavādāya yatnamārabhate kṣaye |
alpe'pyapakṛte mohānna śāntimupagacchati || 13||
tādṛśaiḥ saṅgataṃ nīcairnṛśaṃsairakṛtātmabhiḥ |
niśāmya nipuṇaṃ buddhyā vidvāndūrādvivarjayet || 14||
yo jñātimanugṛhṇāti daridraṃ dīnamāturam |
saputrapaśubhirvṛddhiṃ yaśaścāvyayamaśnute || 15||
jñātayo vardhanīyāstairya icchantyātmanaḥ śubham |
kulavṛddhiṃ ca rājendra tasmātsādhu samācara || 16||
śreyasā yokṣyase rājankurvāṇo jñātisatkriyām |
viguṇā hyapi saṃrakṣyā jñātayo bharatarṣabha || 17||
kiṃ punarguṇavantaste tvatprasādābhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ |
prasādaṃ kuru dīnānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ viśāṃ pate || 18||
dīyantāṃ grāmakāḥ ke citteṣāṃ vṛttyarthamīśvara |
evaṃ loke yaśaḥprāpto bhaviṣyatsi narādhipa || 19||
vṛddhena hi tvayā kāryaṃ putrāṇāṃ tāta rakṣaṇam |
mayā cāpi hitaṃ vācyaṃ viddhi māṃ tvaddhitaiṣiṇam || 20||
jñātibhirvigrahastāta na kartavyo bhavārthinā |
sukhāni saha bhojyāni jñātibhirbharatarṣabha || 21||
sambhojanaṃ saṅkathanaṃ samprītiś ca parasparam |
jñātibhiḥ saha kāryāṇi na virodhaḥ kathaṃ cana || 22||
jñātayastārayantīha jñātayo majjayanti ca |
suvṛttāstārayantīha durvṛttā majjayanti ca || 23||
suvṛtto bhava rājendra pāṇḍavānprati mānada |
adharṣaṇīyaḥ śatrūṇāṃ tairvṛtastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 24||
śrīmantaṃ jñātimāsādya yo jñātiravasīdati |
digdhahastaṃ mṛga iva sa enastasya vindati || 25||
paścādapi naraśreṣṭha tava tāpo bhaviṣyati |
tānvā hatānsutānvāpi śrutvā tadanucintaya || 26||
yena khaṭvāṃ samārūḍhaḥ paritapyeta karmaṇā |
ādāveva na tatkuryādadhruve jīvite sati || 27||
na kaścinnāpanayate pumānanyatra bhārgavāt |
śeṣasampratipattistu buddhimatsveva tiṣṭhati || 28||
duryodhanena yadyetatpāpaṃ teṣu purā kṛtam |
tvayā tatkulavṛddhena pratyāneyaṃ nareśvara || 29||
tāṃstvaṃ pade pratiṣṭhāpya loke vigatakalmaṣaḥ |
bhaviṣyasi naraśreṣṭha pūjanīyo manīṣiṇām || 30||
suvyāhṛtāni dhīrāṇāṃ phalataḥ pravicintya yaḥ |
adhyavasyati kāryeṣu ciraṃ yaśasi tiṣṭhati || 31||
avṛttiṃ vinayo hanti hantyanarthaṃ parākramaḥ |
hanti nityaṃ kṣamā krodhamācāro hantyalakṣaṇam || 32||
paricchadena kṣatreṇa veśmanā paricaryayā |
parīkṣeta kulaṃ rājanbhojanācchādanena ca || 33||
yayościttena vā cittaṃ naibhṛtaṃ naibhṛtena vā |
sameti prajñayā prajñā tayormaitrī na jīryate || 34||
durbuddhimakṛtaprajñaṃ channaṃ kūpaṃ tṛṇairiva |
vivarjayīta medhāvī tasminmaitrī praṇaśyati || 35||
avalipteṣu mūrkheṣu raudrasāhasikeṣu ca |
tathaivāpeta dharmeṣu na maitrīmācaredbudhaḥ || 36||
kṛtajñaṃ dhārmikaṃ satyamakṣudraṃ dṛḍhabhaktikam |
jitendriyaṃ sthitaṃ sthityāṃ mitramatyāgi ceṣyate || 37||
indriyāṇāmanutsargo mṛtyunā na viśiṣyate |
atyarthaṃ punarutsargaḥ sādayeddaivatānyapi || 38||
mārdavaṃ sarvabhūtānāmanasūyā kṣamā dhṛtiḥ |
āyuṣyāṇi budhāḥ prāhurmitrāṇāṃ cāvimānanā || 39||
apanītaṃ sunītena yo'rthaṃ pratyāninīṣate |
matimāsthāya sudṛḍhāṃ tadakāpuruṣa vratam || 40||
āyatyāṃ pratikārajñastadātve dṛḍhaniścayaḥ |
atīte kāryaśeṣajño naro'rthairna prahīyate || 41||
karmaṇā manasā vācā yadabhīkṣṇaṃ niṣevate |
tadevāpaharatyenaṃ tasmātkalyāṇamācaret || 42||
maṅgalālambhanaṃ yogaḥ śrutamutthānamārjavam |
bhūtimetāni kurvanti satāṃ cābhīkṣṇa darśanam || 43||
anirvedaḥ śriyo mūlaṃ duḥkhanāśe sukhasya ca |
mahānbhavatyanirviṇṇaḥ sukhaṃ cātyantamaśnute || 44||
nātaḥ śrīmattaraṃ kiṃ cidanyatpathyatamaṃ tathā |
prabha viṣṇoryathā tāta kṣamā sarvatra sarvadā || 45||
kṣamedaśaktaḥ sarvasya śaktimāndharmakāraṇāt |
arthānarthau samau yasya tasya nityaṃ kṣamā hitā || 46||
yatsukhaṃ sevamāno'pi dharmārthābhyāṃ na hīyate |
kāmaṃ tadupaseveta na mūḍha vratamācaret || 47||
duḥkhārteṣu pramatteṣu nāstikeṣvalaseṣu ca |
na śrīrvasatyadānteṣu ye cotsāha vivarjitāḥ || 48||
ārjavena naraṃ yuktamārjavātsavyapatrapam |
aśaktimantaṃ manyanto dharṣayanti kubuddhayaḥ || 49||
atyāryamatidātāramatiśūramativratam |
prajñābhimāninaṃ caiva śrīrbhayānnopasarpati || 50||
agnihotraphalā vedāḥ śīlavṛttaphalaṃ śrutam |
ratiputra phalā dārā dattabhukta phalaṃ dhanam || 51||
adharmopārjitairarthairyaḥ karotyaurdhva dehikam |
na sa tasya phalaṃ pretya bhuṅkte'rthasya durāgamāt || 52||
kānāra vanadurgeṣu kṛcchrāsvāpatsu sambhrame |
udyateṣu ca śastreṣu nāsti śeṣavatāṃ bhayam || 53||
utthānaṃ saṃyamo dākṣyamapramādo dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ |
samīkṣya ca samārambho viddhi mūlaṃ bhavasya tat || 54||
tapobalaṃ tāpasānāṃ brahma brahmavidāṃ balam |
hiṃsā balamasādhūnāṃ kṣamāguṇavatāṃ balam || 55||
aṣṭau tānyavrataghnāni āpo mūlaṃ phalaṃ payaḥ |
havirbrāhmaṇa kāmyā ca gurorvacanamauṣadham || 56||
na tatparasya sandadhyātpratikūlaṃ yadātmanaḥ |
saṅgraheṇaiṣa dharmaḥ syātkāmādanyaḥ pravartate || 57||
akrodhena jayetkrodhamasādhuṃ sādhunā jayet |
jayetkadaryaṃ dānena jayetsatyena cānṛtam || 58||
strī dhūrtake'lase bhīrau caṇḍe puruṣamānini |
caure kṛtaghne viśvāso na kāryo na ca nāstike || 59||
abhivādanaśīlasya nityaṃ vṛddhopasevinaḥ |
catvāri sampravardhante kīrtirāyuryaśobalam || 60||
atikleśena ye'rthāḥ syurdharmasyātikrameṇa ca |
arervā praṇipātena mā sma teṣu manaḥ kṛthāḥ || 61||
avidyaḥ puruṣaḥ śocyaḥ śocyaṃ mithunamaprajam |
nirāhārāḥ prajāḥ śocyāḥ śocyaṃ rāṣṭramarājakam || 62||
adhvā jarā dehavatāṃ parvatānāṃ jalaṃ jarā |
asambhogo jarā strīṇāṃ vākṣalyaṃ manaso jarā || 63||
anāmnāya malā vedā brāhmaṇasyāvrataṃ malam |
kautūhalamalā sādhvī vipravāsa malāḥ striyaḥ || 64||
suvarṇasya malaṃ rūpyaṃ rūpyasyāpi malaṃ trapu |
jñeyaṃ trapu malaṃ sīsaṃ sīsasyāpi malaṃ malam || 65||
na svapnena jayennidrāṃ na kāmena striyaṃ jayet |
nendhanena jayedagniṃ na pānena surāṃ jayet || 66||
yasya dānajitaṃ mitramamitrā yudhi nirjitāḥ |
annapānajitā dārāḥ saphalaṃ tasya jīvitam || 67||
sahasriṇo'pi jīvanti jīvanti śatinastathā |
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ vimuñcecchāṃ na kathaṃ cinna jīvyate || 68||
yatpṛthivyāṃ vrīhi yavaṃ hiraṇyaṃ paśavaḥ striyaḥ |
nālamekasya tatsarvamiti paśyanna muhyati || 69||
rājanbhūyo bravīmi tvāṃ putreṣu samamācara |
samatā yadi te rājansveṣu pāṇḍusuteṣu ca || 70||
|| iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi prajāgaraparvaṇi
viduravākye ekonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 39||