Shloka 4
Saṃsāra-gahana-jñāna: Vidura’s Account of Embodiment, Bondage, and Dharmic Release (संसारगहन-ज्ञानम्)
अमेध्यमध्ये वसति मांसशोणितलेपने । ततस्तु वायुवेगेन ऊर्ध्वपादो हध:शिरा:,इति श्रीमहाभारते स्त्रीपर्वणि जलप्रदानिकपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रविशोककरणे चतुर्थोउध्याय:
amedhyamadhye vasati māṁsaśoṇitalepane | tatastu vāyuvegena ūrdhvapādo 'dhaḥśirāḥ ||
ヴィドゥラは言う。「有身の者は不浄のただ中に住み、肉と血にまみれている。やがて風の力（命の風が去るとき）に押されて外へと放り出される——足は上に、頭は下に。」
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches dispassion toward the body by highlighting its impurity and the inevitability of death; recognizing this helps restrain grief and supports a dharmic, steady mind amid loss.
In the Strīparvan context of consoling Dhṛtarāṣṭra after the war’s devastation, Vidura speaks starkly about the body and death to reduce attachment and to guide the king toward composure and insight.