Shloka 47
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
सुखं च दुःखं च भवाभवौ च लाभालाभौ मरणं जीवितं च । पर्यायश: सर्वमेते स्पृशन्ति तस्माद् धीरो न च हृष्येन्न शोचेत्
sukhaṁ ca duḥkhaṁ ca bhavābhavau ca lābhālābhau maraṇaṁ jīvitaṁ ca | paryāyaśaḥ sarvam ete spṛśanti tasmād dhīro na ca hṛṣyen na śocet ||
Vidura lehrt: Freude und Schmerz, Entstehen und Vergehen, Gewinn und Verlust, Leben und Tod—all dies berührt jeden der Reihe nach. Darum soll der Standhafte weder jubeln noch trauern, sondern angesichts der Wandlungen des Lebens gleichmütig bleiben.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
All opposites—pleasure/pain, gain/loss, life/death, arising/cessation—arrive by turns for everyone; wisdom lies in maintaining steadiness without elation or grief.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Vidura addresses the royal situation with moral instruction, urging inner steadiness and restraint as events move toward conflict.