दुर्योधन उवाच
भीमस्य वाक्ये तद्वद् एवार्जुनस्य; स्थितो ऽहं वै यमयोश् चैवम् एव ॥
युधिष्ठिरं चेत् प्रवदन्त्य् अनीशम्; अथो दास्यान् मोक्ष्यसे याज्ञसेनि ॥
अर्जुन उवाच
ईशो राजा पूर्वम् आसीद् ग्लहे नः; कुन्तीपुत्रो धर्मराजो महात्मा ॥
ईशस् त्व् अयं कस्य पराजितात्मा; तज् जानीध्वं कुरवः सर्व एव ॥
duryodhana uvāca
bhīmasya vākye tadvad evārjunasya; sthito 'haṃ vai yamayoś caivam eva ||
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ cet pravadanty anīśam; atho dāsyān mokṣyase yājñaseni ||
arjuna uvāca
īśo rājā pūrvam āsīd glahe naḥ; kuntīputro dharmarājo mahātmā ||
īśas tv ayaṃ kasya parājitātmā; taj jānīdhvaṃ kuravaḥ sarva eva ||
[Vidura:] "I stand on the word of Bhima, and equally on the word of Arjuna and both twins: if they declare Yudhishthira to be not her master, then, O Yajnaseni, you will be freed from slavery. Master was the king before, at our stake — the son of Kunti, Dharmaraja, great of soul; but whose master is he now, having lost himself? Know this, O Kurus, all of you together."
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Vidura reduces the whole dispute to a single irrefutable question: what does one possess who no longer possesses himself? One who has lost himself loses also every right to dispose of another — and in this simple law is resolved the seeming "subtlety" of the question behind which the silent had been hiding. It is telling that Vidura seeks no loopholes but appeals to the conscience of all: "know this, all of you together" — for a truth once spoken aloud exposes everyone who pretends not to see it. The verse teaches that the true clarity of dharma is accessible and simple wherever people do not wish to muddy it with self-interest; and that a repeated testimony of truth is the last mercy to those who might still come to their senses.