|| iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi prajāgaraparvaṇi
viduravākye aṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||
vidura uvāca |
ūrdhvaṃ prāṇā hyutkrāmanti yūnaḥ sthavira āyati |
pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṃ punastānpatipadyate || 1||
pīṭhaṃ dattvā sādhave'bhyāgatāya
ānīyāpaḥ parinirṇijya pādau |
sukhaṃ pṛṣṭvā prativedyātma saṃsthaṃ
tato dadyādannamavekṣya dhīraḥ || 2||
yasyodakaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca gāṃ ca
na mantravitpratigṛhṇāti gehe |
lobhādbhayādarthakārpaṇyato vā
tasyānarthaṃ jīvitamāhurāryāḥ || 3||
cikitsakaḥ śakya kartāvakīrṇī
stenaḥ krūro madyapo bhrūṇahā ca |
senājīvī śrutivikrāyakaś ca
bhṛśaṃ priyo'pyatithirnodakārhaḥ || 4||
avikreyaṃ lavaṇaṃ pakvamannaṃ dadhi
kṣīraṃ madhu tailaṃ ghṛtaṃ ca |
tilā māṃsaṃ mūlaphalāni śākaṃ
raktaṃ vāsaḥ sarvagandhā guḍaś ca || 5||
aroṣaṇo yaḥ samaloṣṭa kāñcanaḥ
prahīṇa śoko gatasandhi vigrahaḥ |
nindā praśaṃsoparataḥ priyāpriye
carannudāsīnavadeṣa bhikṣukaḥ || 6||
nīvāra mūleṅguda śākavṛttiḥ
susaṃyatātmāgnikāryeṣvacodyaḥ |
vane vasannatithiṣvapramatto
dhurandharaḥ puṇyakṛdeṣa tāpasaḥ || 7||
apakṛtvā buddhimato dūrastho'smīti nāśvaset |
dīrghau buddhimato bāhū yābhyāṃ hiṃsati hiṃsitaḥ || 8||
na viśvasedaviśvaste viśvaste nātiviśvaset |
viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ mūlānyapi nikṛntati || 9||
anīrṣyurguptadāraḥ syātsaṃvibhāgī priyaṃvadaḥ |
ślakṣṇo madhuravākstrīṇāṃ na cāsāṃ vaśago bhavet || 10||
pūjanīyā mahābhāgāḥ puṇyāśca gṛhadīptayaḥ |
striyaḥ śriyo gṛhasyoktāstasmādrakṣyā viśeṣataḥ || 11||
piturantaḥpuraṃ dadyānmāturdadyānmahānasam |
goṣu cātmasamaṃ dadyātsvayameva kṛṣiṃ vrajet |
bhṛtyairvaṇijyācāraṃ ca putraiḥ seveta brāhmaṇān || 12||
adbhyo'gnirbrahmataḥ kṣatramaśmano lohamutthitam |
teṣāṃ sarvatragaṃ tejaḥ svāsu yoniṣu śāmyati || 13||
nityaṃ santaḥ kule jātāḥ pāvakopama tejasaḥ |
kṣamāvanto nirākārāḥ kāṣṭhe'gniriva śerate || 14||
yasya mantraṃ na jānanti bāhyāścābhyantarāś ca ye |
sa rājā sarvataścakṣuściramaiśvaryamaśnute || 15||
kariṣyanna prabhāṣeta kṛtānyeva ca darśayet |
dharmakāmārtha kāryāṇi tathā mantro na bhidyate || 16||
giripṛṣṭhamupāruhya prāsādaṃ vā rahogataḥ |
araṇye niḥśalāke vā tatra mantro vidhīyate || 17||
nāsuhṛtparamaṃ mantraṃ bhāratārhati veditum |
apaṇḍito vāpi suhṛtpaṇḍito vāpyanātmavān |
amātye hyarthalipsā ca mantrarakṣaṇameva ca || 18||
kṛtāni sarvakāryāṇi yasya vā pārṣadā viduḥ |
gūḍhamantrasya nṛpatestasya siddhirasaṃśayam || 19||
apraśastāni karmāṇi yo mohādanutiṣṭhati |
sa teṣāṃ viparibhraṃśe bhraśyate jīvitādapi || 20||
karmaṇāṃ tu praśastānāmanuṣṭhānaṃ sukhāvaham |
teṣāmevānanuṣṭhānaṃ paścāttāpakaraṃ mahat || 21||
sthānavṛddha kṣayajñasya ṣāḍguṇya viditātmanaḥ |
anavajñāta śīlasya svādhīnā pṛthivī nṛpa || 22||
amoghakrodhaharṣasya svayaṃ kṛtyānvavekṣiṇaḥ |
ātmapratyaya kośasya vasudheyaṃ vasundharā || 23||
nāmamātreṇa tuṣyeta chatreṇa ca mahīpatiḥ |
bhṛtyebhyo visṛjedarthānnaikaḥ sarvaharo bhavet || 24||
brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇaṃ veda bhartā veda striyaṃ tathā |
amātyaṃ nṛpatirveda rājā rājānameva ca || 25||
na śatruraṅkamāpanno moktavyo vadhyatāṃ gataḥ |
ahatāddhi bhayaṃ tasmājjāyate nacirādiva || 26||
daivateṣu ca yatnena rājasu brāhmaṇeṣu ca |
niyantavyaḥ sadā krodho vṛddhabālātureṣu ca || 27||
nirarthaṃ kalahaṃ prājño varjayenmūḍha sevitam |
kīrtiṃ ca labhate loke na cānarthena yujyate || 28||
prasādo niṣphalo yasya krodhaścāpi nirarthakaḥ |
na taṃ bhartāramicchanti ṣaṇḍhaṃ patimiva striyaḥ || 29||
na buddhirdhanalābhāya na jāḍyamasamṛddhaye |
lokaparyāya vṛttāntaṃ prājño jānāti netaraḥ || 30||
vidyā śīlavayovṛddhānbuddhivṛddhāṃśca bhārata |
dhanābhijana vṛddhāṃśca nityaṃ mūḍho'vamanyate || 31||
anārya vṛttamaprājñamasūyakamadhārmikam |
anarthāḥ kṣipramāyānti vāgduṣṭaṃ krodhanaṃ tathā || 32||
avisaṃvādanaṃ dānaṃ samayasyāvyatikramaḥ |
āvartayanti bhūtāni samyakpraṇihitā ca vāk || 33||
avisaṃvādako dakṣaḥ kṛtajño matimānṛjuḥ |
api saṅkṣīṇa kośo'pi labhate parivāraṇam || 34||
dhṛtiḥ śamo damaḥ śaucaṃ kāruṇyaṃ vāganiṣṭhurā |
mitrāṇāṃ cānabhidrohaḥ sataitāḥ samidhaḥ śriyaḥ || 35||
asaṃvibhāgī duṣṭātmā kṛtaghno nirapatrapaḥ |
tādṛṅnarādhamo loke varjanīyo narādhipa || 36||
na sa rātrau sukhaṃ śete sa sarpa iva veśmani |
yaḥ kopayati nirdoṣaṃ sa doṣo'bhyantaraṃ janam || 37||
yeṣu duṣṭeṣu doṣaḥ syādyogakṣemasya bhārata |
sadā prasādanaṃ teṣāṃ devatānāmivācaret || 38||
ye'rthāḥ strīṣu samāsaktāḥ prathamotpatiteṣu ca |
ye cānārya samāsaktāḥ sarve te saṃśayaṃ gatāḥ || 39||
yatra strī yatra kitavo yatra bālo'nuśāsti ca |
majjanti te'vaśā deśā nadyāmaśmaplavā iva || 40||
prayojaneṣu ye saktā na viśeṣeṣu bhārata |
tānahaṃ paṇḍitānmanye viśeṣā hi prasaṅginaḥ || 41||
yaṃ praśaṃsanti kitavā yaṃ praśaṃsanti cāraṇāḥ |
yaṃ praśaṃsanti bandhakyo na sa jīvati mānavaḥ || 42||
hitvā tānparameṣvāsānpāṇḍavānamitaujasaḥ |
āhitaṃ bhārataiśvaryaṃ tvayā duryodhane mahat || 43||
taṃ drakṣyasi paribhraṣṭaṃ tasmāttvaṃ nacirādiva |
aiśvaryamadasammūḍhaṃ baliṃ lokatrayādiva || 44||
|| iti śrīmahābhārate udyogaparvaṇi prajāgaraparvaṇi
viduravākye aṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 38||