Shloka 30
Tilottamā, Sunda–Upasunda, and the Pāṇḍava Samaya (Ādi Parva 204)
उक्तमेतत् पुरा राजन् मया गुणवतस्तव । दुर्योधनापराधेन प्रजेयं वै विनड्क्ष्यति,भूपाल! आप गुणवान् हैं। आपसे तो मैंने पहले ही यह कह दिया था कि दुर्योधनके अपराधसे निश्चय ही यह समस्त प्रजा नष्ट हो जायगी
uktam etat purā rājan mayā guṇavatas tava | duryodhanāparādhena prajeyaṃ vai vinaṅkṣyati bhūpāla ||
Vidura said: “O King, this very warning was spoken long ago by me to you, for you are a man of virtue. Because of Duryodhana’s wrongdoing, this entire people will surely be ruined, O protector of the earth.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must heed righteous counsel and restrain wrongdoing within his own house; otherwise, the sins of a powerful offender (here, Duryodhana) bring collective ruin upon the kingdom and its people.
Vidura addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), reminding him that he had already warned earlier: Duryodhana’s transgressions will inevitably lead to the destruction of the realm’s subjects, foreshadowing the catastrophic outcome of the Kuru conflict.