Mahabharata 11.2.6 — Stree Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 6
Strī Parva, Adhyāya 2 — Vidura’s Consolation on Kāla, Karma, and the Limits of Lamentation (विदुरोपदेशः)
अभावादीनि भूतानि भावमध्यानि भारत । अभावनिधनान्येव तत्र का परिदेवना
abhāvādīni bhūtāni bhāvamadhyāni bhārata | abhāvanidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā ||
قال فيدورا: «يا بهاراتا، إن الكائنات تبدأ في حالٍ غير متجلّية، ولا تظهر إلا برهةً في الوسط، ثم تنتهي عائدةً إلى حالٍ غير متجلّية. فإذا كانت طبيعة الحياة كذلك، فأيُّ جدوى في النواح؟»
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
All beings are unmanifest before birth, manifest for a limited interval, and unmanifest again at death; recognizing this natural cycle reduces excessive grief and encourages steadiness and dharmic composure.
In the Strī Parva’s mourning aftermath of the Kurukṣetra war, Vidura counsels the bereaved elder (addressed as ‘Bhārata’, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra), urging him to restrain lamentation by reflecting on the transient, conditioned nature of embodied life.
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