वैशंपायन उवाच
ततः प्रायाद् विदुरो ऽश्वैर् उदारैर्; महाजवैर् बलिभिः साधुदान्तैः ॥
बलान् नियुक्तो धृतराष्ट्रेण राज्ञा; मनीषिणां पाण्डवानां सकाशम् ॥
सो ऽभिपत्य तदध्वानम् आसाद्य नृपतेः पुरम् ॥
प्रविवेश महाबुद्धिः पूज्यमानो द्विजातिभिः ॥
स राजगृहम् आसाद्य कुबेरभवनोपमम् ॥
अभ्यगच्छत धर्मात्मा धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tataḥ prāyād viduro 'śvair udārair; mahājavair balibhiḥ sādhudāntaiḥ ||
balān niyukto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājñā; manīṣiṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ sakāśam ||
so 'bhipatya tadadhvānam āsādya nṛpateḥ puram ||
praviveśa mahābuddhiḥ pūjyamāno dvijātibhiḥ ||
sa rājagṛham āsādya kuberabhavanopamam ||
abhyagacchata dharmātmā dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram ||
Then Vidura, compelled by the will of King Dhritarashtra, set out on excellent horses—very swift, powerful, and well-trained—toward the wise Pandavas. Having traveled the road and reached the king's city, the great-minded one entered it, honored by the twice-born. Reaching the royal palace, resembling the abode of Kubera, the righteous one came before the son of Dharma, Yudhishthira.
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Vidura travels 'compelled by force'—a messenger against his own will. It is telling that the wise man carries out an order he condemns: he places obedience to his elder above his own disagreement, yet does not conceal that disagreement. The verse teaches that obedience does not require approval: one can go where one is sent while remaining, in the heart, opposed to wrongdoing. Here appears the hard lot of the honest servant—to carry a message whose harm he foresees, without the power to avert it. And the very swiftness of the horses carrying him toward calamity underscores the powerlessness of truth before a resolved will: he hastens to fulfill what his whole heart does not wish.