Shloka 5
अर्जुन–युधिष्ठिर–विदुर संवादः
Arjuna and Yudhiṣṭhira instruct Vidura on honoring Dhṛtarāṣṭra
ते चैवान्ये पृथक् सर्वे तीर्थेष्वाप्लुत्य भारत । चक्कुः सर्वा: क्रियास्तत्र पुरुषा विदुरादय:
te caivānye pṛthak sarve tīrtheṣv āplutya bhārata | cakruḥ sarvāḥ kriyās tatra puruṣā vidurādayaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dijo: Entonces los demás también, oh Bhārata, se bañaron por separado en los vados sagrados. Allí, los hombres, encabezados por Vidura, cumplieron debidamente todos los ritos prescritos y las observancias auspiciosas—como el culto del crepúsculo—y los llevaron a término con disciplina.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic discipline: purification through tīrtha-bathing and the conscientious completion of prescribed rites. Ethical life is shown as sustained not only by grand vows but by steady observance of daily and auspicious duties performed with order and restraint.
After arriving at a sacred bathing place, Vidura and the others each bathe separately at different ghāṭas and then perform the full set of rites there—such as sandhyā worship—signaling a collective turn toward purification and religious observance in the forest-dwelling phase.