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 ||
ಜೀವಿ ಅಶುದ್ಧಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯೆ, ಮಾಂಸ ಮತ್ತು ರಕ್ತದಿಂದ ಲೇಪಿತನಾಗಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ನಂತರ ವಾಯುವಿನ ವೇಗದಿಂದ ಹೊರಗೆ ತಳ್ಳಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ—ಪಾದಗಳು ಮೇಲಾಗಿ, ತಲೆ ಕೆಳಾಗಿ।
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.