Shloka 28
Saṃsāra-mārga-vistaraḥ
Vidura’s Expanded Account of the Path
Devanagari script
नानामोहसमायुक्ता बुद्धिजालेन संवृता:
Transliteration
nānā-moha-samāyuktā buddhijālena saṃvṛtāḥ
Translation
“They are entangled in many kinds of delusion, and are enclosed—indeed hemmed in—by a net of (misdirected) intellect.”
Word by Word
नानाvarious, manifold
नाना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना
FormAvyaya (indeclinable)
मोहसमायुक्ताendowed/associated with delusion
मोहसमायुक्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमोह-समायुक्त
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
बुद्धिजालेनby/with the net of intellect
बुद्धिजालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि-जाल
FormNeuter, instrumental, singular
संवृताcovered, enveloped
संवृता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंवृत
FormFeminine, nominative, singular
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.