Shloka 38
Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)
एवं कथाभिरन्वास्य धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिण: । विप्रजग्मुर्यथाकामं ते सिद्धगतिमास्थिता:
evaṁ kathābhir anvāsya dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ manīṣiṇaḥ | viprajagmur yathākāmaṁ te siddhagatiṁ āsthitāḥ ||
इस प्रकार मनीषी महर्षियों ने उपदेशपूर्ण कथाओं से धृतराष्ट्र को संतुष्ट किया; और सिद्धगति को प्राप्त वे ऋषि अपनी इच्छानुसार विभिन्न दिशाओं को चले गए।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise counsel—especially in the form of dharmic narratives—can pacify sorrow and reorient a person toward steadiness and renunciation; the sages exemplify detachment by departing freely after fulfilling their compassionate duty.
After speaking consoling and instructive stories to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the assembled sages, established in a perfected spiritual course (siddha-gati), leave and go their separate ways according to their own will.