मज्जन्त्य् अलाबूनि शिलाः प्लवन्ते; मुह्यन्ति नावो ऽम्भसि शश्वद् एव ॥
मूढो राजा धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो; न मे वाचः पथ्यरूपाः शृणोति ॥
अन्तो नूनं भवितायं कुरूणां; सुदारुणः सर्वहरो विनाशः ॥
वाचः काव्याः सुहृदां पथ्यरूपा; न श्रूयन्ते वर्धते लोभ एव ॥
majjanty alābūni śilāḥ plavante; muhyanti nāvo 'mbhasi śaśvad eva ||
mūḍho rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro; na me vācaḥ pathyarūpāḥ śṛṇoti ||
anto nūnaṃ bhavitāyaṃ kurūṇāṃ; sudāruṇaḥ sarvaharo vināśaḥ ||
vācaḥ kāvyāḥ suhṛdāṃ pathyarūpā; na śrūyante vardhate lobha eva ||
[Vidura:] "[Now] gourds sink and stones float, boats in the water constantly go under [everything is turned upside down]; the foolish king, the son of Dhritarashtra, does not listen to my wholesome words. Truly, the end of the Kurus will come -- a most terrible, all-consuming destruction; the wise, wholesome words of friends are not heeded -- only greed increases."
a57b38914625 · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 4:03:37 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The image of an upended world -- gourds sink, stones float -- reveals a moral inversion: where falsehood rules, the natural order itself seems turned upside down. Telling is the fact that this outward incongruity is a parable of the inward: in a house where the wise are not heeded and greed grows, everything is overturned. The verse teaches that the rejection of a friend's healing word is the surest sign of approaching ruin: "they are not heeded -- only greed grows." And the prophecy "the end of the Kurus will come" is the sum of it all: where truth is banished and avarice enthroned, a house is doomed. Vidura has spoken his last word; speech now falls silent, and fate takes its course. When the world is turned upside down and ears are shut to truth, nothing remains but to await what has been foretold.