वाक्यस्यैतस्य निधने दिक्षु सर्वासु भारत ॥
क्रव्यादाः प्राणदन् घोराः शिवाश् चाशिवशंसिनः ॥
लक्षयित्वा निमित्तानि तानि घोराणि सर्वशः ॥
ते ऽब्रुवन् ब्राह्मणा राजन् विदुरश् च महामतिः ॥
व्यक्तं कुलान्तकरणो भवितैष सुतस् तव ॥
तस्य शान्तिः परित्यागे पुष्ट्या त्व् अपनयो महान् ॥
शतम् एकोनम् अप्य् अस्तु पुत्राणां ते महीपते ॥
एकेन कुरु वै क्षेमं लोकस्य च कुलस्य च ॥
त्यजेद् एकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत् ॥
ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत् ॥
vākyasyaitasya nidhane dikṣu sarvāsu bhārata ||
kravyādāḥ prāṇadan ghorāḥ śivāś cāśivaśaṃsinaḥ ||
lakṣayitvā nimittāni tāni ghorāṇi sarvaśaḥ ||
te 'bruvan brāhmaṇā rājan viduraś ca mahāmatiḥ ||
vyaktaṃ kulāntakaraṇo bhavitaiṣa sutas tava ||
tasya śāntiḥ parityāge puṣṭyā tv apanayo mahān ||
śatam ekonam apy astu putrāṇāṃ te mahīpate ||
ekena kuru vai kṣemaṃ lokasya ca kulasya ca ||
tyajed ekaṃ kulasyārthe grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet ||
grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet ||
'As these words were spoken, in every quarter, O Bharata, fearsome carnivorous beasts and jackals -- heralds of calamity -- howled. Marking those dire omens on every side, the brahmins, O king, and the wise Vidura said: "Clearly this son of yours will become the destroyer of the race; peace lies in giving him up, while in nurturing him lies great disaster. Let there be, O king, ninety-nine sons instead of a hundred; by sacrificing one, bring good to the world and to the race. For the sake of the family, let a man give up one; for the sake of the village, let him give up the family; for the sake of the country, let him give up the village; and for the sake of his own self, let him give up the earth."'
247694bfd1a4 · 发布于 2026年7月12日 16:30:26 UTC
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Here stands a moral summit and the fateful knot of the whole epic: the portentous omens and Vidura's wise counsel to sacrifice Duryodhana. The dire signs at his birth are telling: nature itself proclaims that a destroyer of the race has been born -- heaven warns before the evil comes to pass. Telling, too, is the great principle of proportionate sacrifice that Vidura sets forth: "for the sake of the family give up one, for the sake of the village give up the family, for the sake of the country give up the village, for the sake of the soul give up the earth." Here the deepest law of renunciation is revealed: the higher good demands the sacrifice of the lower, and the summit of this ladder is that for the salvation of the soul (atman) one must be ready to give up the whole world. This utterance is the key to the entire moral philosophy of the epic and to the teaching of vairagya (detachment): whoever cannot sacrifice the lesser for the sake of the greater will lose both the greater and the lesser. Thus the scripture, through the mouth of righteous Vidura, offers Dhritarashtra a saving though bitter path -- and on his choice hangs the fate of the whole race.