Shloka 72
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
अनसूया<<्जवं शौचं संतोष: प्रियवादिता | दम: सत्यमनायासो न भवन्न्ति दुरात्मनाम्,गुणोंमें दोष न देखना, सरलता, पवित्रता, संतोष, प्रिय वचन बोलना, इन्द्रियदमन, सत्यभाषण तथा सरलता--ये गुण दुरात्मा पुरुषोंमें नहीं होते
anasūyārjavaṁ śaucaṁ santoṣaḥ priyavāditā | damaḥ satyam anāyāso na bhavanti durātmanām ||
দোষ না দেখা, সরলতা, পবিত্রতা, সন্তোষ, মধুর বাক্য, ইন্দ্রিয়সংযম, সত্যভাষণ ও নিষ্কপট আচরণ—এই গুণগুলি দুষ্টস্বভাব মানুষের মধ্যে জন্মায় না।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that genuine virtue is rooted in inner disposition: a wicked-minded person typically lacks non-enviousness, sincerity, purity, contentment, kind speech, sense-restraint, truthfulness, and unforced straightforward conduct—qualities essential for living by dharma.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura delivers moral and political counsel (nīti) in the tense lead-up to war, diagnosing the ethical failures that lead rulers and courtiers toward adharma; here he lists virtues that are absent in the truly corrupt.