Shloka 28

आदि पर्व — अध्याय १०६

Pāṇḍu’s Gifts, Forest Residence, and Vidura’s Marriage

Devanagari script

स जज्ञे विदुरो नाम कृष्णद्वैपायनात्मज: । धृतराष्ट्रस्य वै भ्राता पाण्डोश्वैव महात्मन:,वही बालक विदुर हुआ, जो श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायन व्यासका पुत्र था। एक पिताका होनेके कारण वह राजा धृतराष्ट्र और महात्मा पाण्डुका भाई था

Transliteration

sa jajñe viduro nāma kṛṣṇadvaipāyanātmajaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vai bhrātā pāṇḍoś caiva mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: So wurde einer geboren, der Vidura hieß, der Sohn Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyanas (Vyāsas). Da sie denselben Vater hatten, war er der Bruder des Königs Dhṛtarāṣṭra und ebenso des großgesinnten Pāṇḍu.

Word by Word

सःhe

जज्ञेwas born

विदुरःVidura

नामby name

कृष्ण-द्वैपायन-आत्मजःson of Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

धृतराष्ट्रस्यof Dhṛtarāṣṭra

वैindeed

भ्राताbrother

पाण्डोःof Pāṇḍu

चand

एवalso/just

महात्मनःof the great-souled (one)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍu

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical weight of shared lineage: Vidura, though later socially positioned differently, is affirmed as a true brother to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu by common fatherhood—hinting that dharma and rightful regard should not be diminished by circumstance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates Vidura’s birth and identifies him as Vyāsa’s son, establishing his familial relationship to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu as their brother through the same father.