Shloka 16
पाण्डवानां वनप्रस्थानवर्णनम् / The Pāṇḍavas’ Departure for the Forest
Vidura’s Report and Portents
विदुर उवाच परं भयं पश्यत भीमसेनात् तद् बुध्यध्वं धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रा: । दैवेरितो नूनमयं पुरस्तात् परो5नयो भरतेषूदपादि
vidura uvāca | paraṁ bhayaṁ paśyata bhīmasenāt tad budhyadhvaṁ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāḥ | daiverito nūnam ayaṁ purastāt paro 'nayo bharateṣūd apādi ||
Vidura said: “Behold—there is a grave danger arising from Bhīmasena. Take this to heart, O sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Surely, driven by fate, a great injustice has already come to the fore among the Bharatas.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura urges moral and practical wakefulness: injustice (anaya) breeds peril, and when wrong is allowed to stand, even a single powerful agent (here Bhīma) can become the instrument through which consequences ripen—whether understood as fate (daiva) or as the inevitable result of adharma.
Vidura addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons, warning them that a serious danger connected with Bhīmasena is now present. He frames the situation as a great injustice that has already surfaced among the Bharata lineage, hinting at escalating tensions that can lead to wider calamity.