Shloka 85
Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition
प्रमदा: कामयानेषु यजमानेषु याजका: । राजा विवदमानेषु नित्यं॑ मूर्खेषु पण्डिता:
pramadāḥ kāmayāneṣu yajamāneṣu yājakāḥ | rājā vivadamāneṣu nityaṁ mūrkheṣu paṇḍitāḥ ||
ヴィドゥラは言う。世には繰り返される相がある。欲に駆られる者のもとには女が集い、供犠（ヤジュニャ）を行う者の周りには祭司が集う。争う者たちのただ中へは王が引き寄せられ、愚者の中には常に学者がいる—教え、抑え、あるいは愚かさによって試されるために。智慧はしばしば混乱と無明の中で働かねばならぬことを、この偈は示す。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Certain tendencies and social functions repeatedly cluster: desire attracts the company of women, sacrifice attracts priests, disputes draw in rulers, and folly inevitably becomes the field where the wise must work. The ethical point is that wisdom and governance are tested amid conflict and ignorance, so one should be vigilant about the company and situations one enters.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura is offering counsel marked by sharp observations about conduct and society. This verse functions as a compact ‘nīti’ statement, describing predictable human and institutional patterns relevant to political negotiation and the management of conflict.