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त्रिवर्गो ऽयं धर्ममूलो नरेन्द्र; राज्यं चेदं धर्ममूलं वदन्ति ॥
धर्मे राजन् वर्तमानः स्वशक्त्या; पुत्रान् सर्वान् पाहि कुन्तीसुतांश् च ॥
स वै धर्मो विप्रलुप्तः सभायां; पापात्मभिः सौबलेयप्रधानैः ॥
आहूय कुन्तीसुतम् अक्षवत्यां; पराजैषीत् सत्यसंधं सुतस् ते ॥
एतस्य ते दुष्प्रणीतस्य राजञ्; शेषस्याहं परिपश्याम्य् उपायम् ॥
यथा पुत्रस् तव कौरव्य पापान्; मुक्तो लोके प्रतितिष्ठेत साधु ॥
तद् वै सर्वं पाण्डुपुत्रा लभन्तां; यत् तद् राजन्न् अतिसृष्टं त्वयासीत् ॥
एष धर्मः परमो यत् स्वकेन; राजा तुष्येन् न परस्वेषु गृध्येत् ॥
एतत् कार्यं तव सर्वप्रधानं; तेषां तुष्टिः शकुनेश् चावमानः ॥
एवं शेषं यदि पुत्रेषु ते स्याद्; एतद् राजंस् त्वरमाणः कुरुष्व ॥
अथैतद् एवं न करोषि राजन्; ध्रुवं कुरूणां भविता विनाशः ॥
न हि क्रुद्धो भीमसेनो ऽर्जुनो वा; शेषं कुर्याच् छात्रवाणाम् अनीके ॥
येषां योद्धा सव्यसाची कृतास्त्रो; धनुर् येषां गाण्डिवं लोकसारम् ॥
येषां भीमो बाहुशाली च योद्धा; तेषां लोके किं नु न प्राप्यम् अस्ति ॥
vidura uvāca
trivargo 'yaṃ dharmamūlo narendra; rājyaṃ cedaṃ dharmamūlaṃ vadanti ||
dharme rājan vartamānaḥ svaśaktyā; putrān sarvān pāhi kuntīsutāṃś ca ||
sa vai dharmo vipraluptaḥ sabhāyāṃ; pāpātmabhiḥ saubaleyapradhānaiḥ ||
āhūya kuntīsutam akṣavatyāṃ; parājaiṣīt satyasaṃdhaṃ sutas te ||
etasya te duṣpraṇītasya rājañ; śeṣasyāhaṃ paripaśyāmy upāyam ||
yathā putras tava kauravya pāpān; mukto loke pratitiṣṭheta sādhu ||
tad vai sarvaṃ pāṇḍuputrā labhantāṃ; yat tad rājann atisṛṣṭaṃ tvayāsīt ||
eṣa dharmaḥ paramo yat svakena; rājā tuṣyen na parasveṣu gṛdhyet ||
etat kāryaṃ tava sarvapradhānaṃ; teṣāṃ tuṣṭiḥ śakuneś cāvamānaḥ ||
evaṃ śeṣaṃ yadi putreṣu te syād; etad rājaṃs tvaramāṇaḥ kuruṣva ||
athaitad evaṃ na karoṣi rājan; dhruvaṃ kurūṇāṃ bhavitā vināśaḥ ||
na hi kruddho bhīmaseno 'rjuno vā; śeṣaṃ kuryāc chātravāṇām anīke ||
yeṣāṃ yoddhā savyasācī kṛtāstro; dhanur yeṣāṃ gāṇḍivaṃ lokasāram ||
yeṣāṃ bhīmo bāhuśālī ca yoddhā; teṣāṃ loke kiṃ nu na prāpyam asti ||
Vidura said: ‘O lord of men, the threefold aim of life is rooted in dharma, and this kingdom too is said to be rooted in dharma. Therefore, O king, abiding in dharma to the best of your power, protect all your sons — and the sons of Kunti as well. But that dharma was violated in the assembly by sinners led by the son of Subala: your son, having summoned the truthful son of Kunti to the game of dice, defeated him. I see a remedy for what remains of this ill-conceived affair: let the sons of Pandu receive all that was formerly given to them by you. The highest dharma is this: a king should be content with what is his own and not covet what belongs to another. Your foremost task is to satisfy them and humble Shakuni. If you wish to preserve anything for your own sons, do it quickly. But if you do not, the destruction of the Kurus is certain: enraged, Bhimasena and Arjuna will leave no remnant of the enemy's army. Those whose warrior is Savyasachin, skilled in arms, whose bow is the Gandiva, the essence of the world, and whose fighter is mighty-armed Bhima — what in this world could be beyond their reach?’
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Vidura's counsel is utterly simple: return what is not yours and halt the evil before it hardens into fate. He does not flatter the king, nor does he seek a compromise with adharma. Mercy toward Duryodhana without truth would become cruelty toward the entire family.