Shloka 19

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

वयमेतत्‌ प्रपश्यामो नृपते दिव्यचक्षुषा

Transliteration

Nārada uvāca: vayam etat prapaśyāmo nṛpate divya-cakṣuṣā.

Translation

Nārada said: “O king, with our divine sight we clearly perceive this. Vidura, the great-souled one, will enter into Yudhiṣṭhira’s body; and Sañjaya, because his mind is wholly fixed upon him, will depart from here straight to heaven.”

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• प्रपश्यामः: we see clearly
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• नृपते: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• दिव्यचक्षुषा: with divine sight
• दिव्यचक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्यचक्षुस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Vidura
• Sañjaya
• Svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True spiritual attainment is shown through inner realization and single-pointed contemplation: divine seers perceive events beyond ordinary sight, Vidura’s merging signifies the return of a perfected being into a higher principle, and Sañjaya’s ascent indicates the liberating power of steadfast remembrance and devotion.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the king and, using divine vision, foretells imminent events: Vidura will merge into Yudhiṣṭhira (enter his body), and Sañjaya—absorbed in contemplation—will leave directly for heaven.