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Shloka 16

Saṃsāra-mārga-vistaraḥ

Vidura’s Expanded Account of the Path

संसारे भ्रमतां राजन्‌ दुःखमेतद्धि जायते,राजन! संसारमें भटकनेवालोंको यह दु:ख प्राप्त होता ही है; अतः विज्ञ पुरुषको इस संसारबन्धनकी निवृत्तिके लिये अवश्य यत्न करना चाहिये। इस विषयमें कदापि उपेक्षा नहीं करनी चाहिये; नहीं तो यह संसार सैकड़ों शाखाओंमें फैलकर बहुत बड़ा हो जाता है

saṃsāre bhramatāṃ rājan duḥkham etad dhi jāyate | tasmād vijñaḥ pumān loke saṃsārabandhananivṛttaye niyataṃ yateta | asmin viṣaye kadācid api na pramādam ācaret | anyathā ayaṃ saṃsāraḥ śākhāśatair vistṛtya mahān bhavati ||

Vidura sprach: „O König, bei denen, die im Kreislauf des Daseins umherirren, entsteht dieses Leid unweigerlich. Darum muss der Einsichtige gewiss danach streben, sich von der Fessel des Saṃsāra zu lösen. In dieser Sache darf man niemals nachlässig sein; sonst verzweigt sich die weltliche Verstrickung in hundert Äste und wächst ins Unermessliche.“

संसारेin the world / in worldly existence
संसारे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भ्रमताम्of those who wander/roam
भ्रमताम्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम्
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दुःखम्sorrow, suffering
दुःखम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
जायतेarises, is produced
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormLat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
K
King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

Suffering is an inevitable result of wandering in saṃsāra; therefore one must actively and consistently strive for release from worldly bondage, avoiding negligence that allows attachments and complications to multiply.

In the Stree Parva’s grief-filled aftermath of the war, Vidura addresses the king with counsel: he interprets worldly distress as a natural consequence of saṃsāra and urges vigilant effort toward detachment and liberation rather than complacency.