Shloka 12
“महाबली राजा धृतराष्ट्र केवल सिंहासनपर बैठे रहते और महात्मा विदुर सदा उनकी सेवामें उपस्थित रहते थे ।। कथं तस्य कुले जात: कुलभेदं व्यवस्यसि । सम्भूय भ्रातृभि: सार्थ भुड्क्ष्य भोगान् जनाधिप,उन्हींके वंशमें उत्पन्न होकर तुम इस कुलमें फूट क्यों डालते हो? राजन! भाइयोंके साथ मिलकर मनोवांछित भोगोंका उपभोग करो
mahābalī rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ kevalaṁ siṁhāsanopari upaviśya tiṣṭhati sma, mahātmā viduraś ca sadā tasya sevāyāṁ samupasthitaḥ āsa. kathaṁ tasya kule jātaḥ kulabhedaṁ vyavasyasi? sambhūya bhrātṛbhiḥ sārtha bhokṣya bhogān janādhipa.
Vāyu said: “The mighty king Dhṛtarāṣṭra sat continually upon the throne, while the noble Vidura stood ever present in his service. How can you—born in that very lineage—resolve to split the family? O lord of men, unite with your brothers and enjoy the rightful pleasures together.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not cause a rupture in one’s own lineage; ethical kingship favors reconciliation, shared prosperity, and preserving kula-dharma over factional ambition.
Vāyudeva addresses a royal figure, recalling Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s court where Vidura faithfully attends him, and rebukes the addressee for planning a family split, urging him to unite with his brothers and enjoy rightful gains together.