Shloka 28
Saṃsāra-mārga-vistaraḥ
Vidura’s Expanded Account of the Path
नानामोहसमायुक्ता बुद्धिजालेन संवृता:
nānā-moha-samāyuktā buddhijālena saṃvṛtāḥ
Ils sont pris dans maintes formes d’illusion, et se trouvent enfermés—comme cernés de toutes parts—par un filet d’intellect égaré.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura highlights how people can be trapped not only by ignorance but also by a ‘net’ of clever reasoning—intellect used without dharmic clarity becomes a snare that multiplies delusion rather than removing it.
In the Stree Parva’s lamentation context after the war, Vidura speaks as a moral counselor, diagnosing the mental and ethical confusion that grips people in the wake of catastrophe—many are overwhelmed by delusion and rationalizations that obscure right understanding.