अनुशिष्ट्वानुगत्वा च कृत्वा चैनान् प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
पाण्डवान् अभ्यनुज्ञाय विदुरः प्रययौ गृहान् ॥
निवृत्ते विदुरे चैव भीष्मे पौरजने तथा ॥
अजातशत्रुम् आमन्त्र्य कुन्ती वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
क्षत्ता यद् अब्रवीद् वाक्यं जनमध्ये ऽब्रुवन्न् इव ॥
त्वया च तत् तथेत्य् उक्तो जानीमो न च तद् वयम् ॥
यदि तच् छक्यम् अस्माभिः श्रोतुं न च सदोषवत् ॥
श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत् सर्वं संवादं तव तस्य च ॥
anuśiṣṭvānugatvā ca kṛtvā cainān pradakṣiṇam ||
pāṇḍavān abhyanujñāya viduraḥ prayayau gṛhān ||
nivṛtte vidure caiva bhīṣme paurajane tathā ||
ajātaśatrum āmantrya kuntī vacanam abravīt ||
kṣattā yad abravīd vākyaṃ janamadhye 'bruvann iva ||
tvayā ca tat tathety ukto jānīmo na ca tad vayam ||
yadi tac chakyam asmābhiḥ śrotuṃ na ca sadoṣavat ||
śrotum icchāmi tat sarvaṃ saṃvādaṃ tava tasya ca ||
Vaishampayana said: "Having instructed, escorted, and circumambulated them, and taken leave of the Pandavas, Vidura went home. When Vidura, Bhishma, and the townsfolk had returned, Kunti, addressing Ajatashatru, spoke." Kunti said: "That word which Vidura spoke amid the people, as if not speaking openly, and to which you replied 'so be it' — that we do not understand. If it is possible for us to hear it, and it is not improper, I wish to hear all of that exchange between you and him."
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Here Kunti, not having understood the secret speech, humbly questions her son. Telling is her caution: "if it is possible and not improper" — she does not insist on the secret, ready even not to know if it should not be disclosed. Here is the virtue of fitting inquiry: the mother wishes to know for the common good, yet respects the bounds of secrecy. Telling too is her trust in Yudhishthira, who has deciphered the allusion: she acknowledges his understanding as greater than her own. Thus the scripture reveals the harmony within the Pandavas' family: the mother asks, the son explains, and secret knowledge serves their common deliverance.