Shloka 20
Saṃsāra-gahana-jñāna: Vidura’s Account of Embodiment, Bondage, and Dharmic Release (संसारगहन-ज्ञानम्)
एवं सर्व विदित्वा वै यस्तत्त्वमनुवर्तते । स प्रमोक्षाय लभते पन्थानं मनुजेश्वर,नरेश्वर! जो इस प्रकार सब कुछ जानकर तत्त्वका अनुसरण करता है, वह मोक्षतक पहुँचनेके लिये मार्ग प्राप्त कर लेता है
evaṁ sarvaṁ viditvā vai yas tattvam anuvartate | sa pramokṣāya labhate panthānaṁ manujeśvara ||
O lord of men, whoever truly understands all this and then lives in accordance with the real principle (tattva) gains the path that leads toward liberation. Vidura emphasizes that knowledge is fulfilled only when it becomes conduct aligned with truth, and such alignment opens the way to mokṣa.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that mere understanding is incomplete unless one follows the truth (tattva) in practice; such lived alignment becomes the means that leads toward liberation (mokṣa).
In the Strī Parva’s reflective aftermath of the war, Vidura addresses the king as a moral counselor, summarizing that true insight must be translated into conduct, and that this is what opens the road to spiritual release.