Shloka 19
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
युधन्वोवाच हिरण्यं च गवाश्चं च तवैवास्तु विरोचन । प्राणयोस्तु पणं कृत्वा प्रश्न॑ पृच्छाव ये विदु:,सुधन्वा बोला--विरोचन! सुवर्ण, गाय और घोड़ा तुम्हारे ही पास रहें। हम दोनों प्राणोंकी बाजी लगाकर जो जानकार हों, उनसे पूछें
Sudhanvā uvāca—hiraṇyaṃ ca gavāś ca tvaiva astu, Virocana; prāṇayos tu paṇaṃ kṛtvā praśnaṃ pṛcchāva ye viduḥ.
Sudhanvā dijo: «Quédate con el oro y el ganado, oh Virocana. Pero apostemos nuestras propias vidas y llevemos la cuestión ante quienes verdaderamente saben».
विरेचन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material prizes (gold, cattle) are secondary to सत्य/true knowledge; disputes about truth should be settled by those who genuinely know, and one should be willing to risk personal loss rather than accept falsehood.
Sudhanvā addresses Virocana, relinquishes the material stakes to him, and proposes that they stake their lives and consult competent knowers to resolve the contested question.