Shloka 31
एवमेते महोत्पाता: प्रादुरासन् दुरासदा: । भरतानामभावाय राजन दुर्मन्त्रिते तव,राजन्! इस प्रकार आपकी दुर्मनत्रणाके कारण ऐसे-ऐसे अपशकुनरूप दुर्दम्य एवं महान् उत्पात प्रकट हुए हैं, जो भरतवंशियोंके विनाशकी सूचना दे रहे हैं
evam ete mahotpātāḥ prādurāsan durāsadāḥ | bharatānām abhāvāya rājan durmantrite tava ||
Vidura said: “Thus these mighty portents—hard to avert—have manifested. O King, because of your ill counsel, they foretell the ruin of the Bharatas.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura stresses political and moral accountability: when a ruler embraces ill counsel and abandons dharma, the resulting disorder is not merely personal but threatens the entire lineage; ominous signs symbolize the inevitable consequences of unethical governance.
In the Sabha Parva, Vidura addresses the king, interpreting the appearance of powerful, inauspicious portents as warnings. He attributes them to the king’s misguided decisions and policies, and declares that they signal impending catastrophe for the Bharatas.