Shloka 3

Adhyāya 6: Vidura’s Saṃsāra-Upamā

The Allegory of the Well, Time, and Desire

Devanagari script

एतनमे सर्वमाचक्ष्व साधु चेष्टामहे तदा । कृपा मे महती जाता तस्याभ्युद्धरणेन हि,यह सब मुझे बताओ; फिर हम सब लोग उसे वहाँसे निकालनेकी पूरी चेष्टा करेंगे। उसके उद्धारके लिये मुझे बड़ी दया आ रही है

Transliteration

etan me sarvam ācakṣva sādhu ceṣṭāmahe tadā | kṛpā me mahatī jātā tasyābhyuddharaṇena hi ||

Translation

Vidura berkata: “Ceritakan semuanya kepadaku dengan jelas. Lalu kami akan segera mengerahkan segala upaya yang patut untuk mengeluarkannya dari sana. Sungguh, belas kasih yang besar telah bangkit dalam diriku demi penyelamatannya.”

Word by Word

एतत्this

नnot

मेto me / for me

सर्वम्all, everything

आचक्ष्वtell, relate

साधुwell, properly

चेष्टामहेwe strive, we endeavor

तदाthen, at that time

कृपाcompassion, pity

मेmy

महतीgreat

जाताarisen, born (has arisen)

तस्यof him/it

अभ्युद्धरणेनby (his) rescue, by lifting out

हिindeed, for

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion should move one toward timely, well-directed effort: Vidura’s kṛpā is not passive emotion but becomes sādhu-ceṣṭā—proper, ethical action aimed at rescuing someone in distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura asks for a full, clear report of the situation and declares that, once informed, they will immediately attempt to extract and save the person who is trapped or endangered, because he feels strong compassion for that person’s deliverance.