Shloka 72
Ārjava, Satya, and the Virocana–Sudhanvan Exemplum
Udyoga-parva 35
धार्तराष्ट्रा: पाण्डवान् पालयन्तु पाण्डो: सुतास्तव पुत्रांश्न पान्तु । एकारिमित्रा: कुरवो होककार्या जीवन्तु राजन् सुखिन: समृद्धा:
dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ pāṇḍavān pālayantu pāṇḍoḥ sutās tava putrān pāntu | ekārimitrāḥ kuravo hy ekakāryā jīvantu rājan sukhinaḥ samṛddhāḥ ||
Vidura drängt den König zur Versöhnung: „Mögen die Söhne Dhṛtarāṣṭras die Pāṇḍavas schützen, und mögen die Söhne Pāṇḍus deine Söhne schützen. Mögen alle Kurus als einer stehen—mit denselben Freunden und denselben Feinden—und möge es unter ihnen eine einzige gemeinsame Pflicht geben. So, o König, mögen sie beisammen leben, glücklich und in Wohlstand.“
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mutual protection and shared obligation within a family-state: Vidura frames dharma as reciprocal guardianship and unified policy—one set of friends and enemies, one common purpose—so that prosperity arises from concord rather than rivalry.
In Udyoga Parva, as tensions move toward war, Vidura counsels King Dhṛtarāṣṭra to restrain factionalism. He proposes a practical formula for peace: the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas should protect one another and act as a single Kuru house, thereby preventing internecine conflict.