विदुर उवाच
महाराज विजानीहि यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि तच् छृणु ॥
मुमूर्षोर् औषधम् इव न रोचेतापि ते श्रुतम् ॥
यद् वै पुरा जातमात्रो रुराव; गोमायुवद् विस्वरं पापचेताः ॥
दुर्योधनो भारतानां कुलघ्नः; सो ऽयं युक्तो भविता कालहेतुः ॥
गृहे वसन्तं गोमायुं त्वं वै मत्वा न बुध्यसे ॥
दुर्योधनस्य रूपेण शृणु काव्यां गिरं मम ॥
vidura uvāca
mahārāja vijānīhi yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi tac chṛṇu ||
mumūrṣor auṣadham iva na rocetāpi te śrutam ||
yad vai purā jātamātro rurāva; gomāyuvad visvaraṃ pāpacetāḥ ||
duryodhano bhāratānāṃ kulaghnaḥ; so 'yaṃ yukto bhavitā kālahetuḥ ||
gṛhe vasantaṃ gomāyuṃ tvaṃ vai matvā na budhyase ||
duryodhanasya rūpeṇa śṛṇu kāvyāṃ giraṃ mama ||
"O great king, understand; hear what I shall tell you. Like medicine to a dying man, even once heard, it will not please you. Once, barely born, the evil-minded Duryodhana, destroyer of the Bharata line, howled discordantly, like a jackal; he indeed will become the cause of the fated hour. The jackal living in your house in the form of Duryodhana — though you think of him, you do not recognize him; so hear my wise words."
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Vidura likens his word to medicine given to a dying man — bitter, but saving. Telling is this humility of the truth-speaker: he knows in advance that the truth will be unwelcome, and yet utters it, for to stay silent about ruin is to share in it. The verse teaches that the true duty of a friend is to speak what is useful, not what is pleasant: he alone loves truly who risks displeasure for the sake of another's salvation. And the reminder of the ominous howl at Duryodhana's birth reveals that the signs of disaster were given long ago, yet went unheeded. For one who disregards an early warning, what comes later will be bitter; medicine refused does not grow sweeter for the disease having been left to worsen.