Shloka 14
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
यच्छव्यं ग्रसितु ग्रस्यं ग्रस्तं परिणमेच्च यत् । हितं च परिणामे यत् तदाद्यं भूतिमिच्छता
yac chavyam grasitu grasyam grastaṁ pariṇamec ca yat | hitaṁ ca pariṇāme yat tad ādyaṁ bhūtim icchatā ||
ಭೂತಿಯನ್ನು ಬಯಸುವವನು ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಗ್ರಹಿಸಬಹುದಾದದ್ದನ್ನೇ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಬೇಕು—ಅದನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗಬೇಕು, ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡ ಮೇಲೆ ಜೀರ್ಣವಾಗಬೇಕು, ಜೀರ್ಣವಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ ಹಿತಕರವಾಗಬೇಕು।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Choose only what is wholesome in outcome: what can be rightly taken, what can be ‘digested’ (handled/assimilated), and what, after maturation, proves beneficial. The standard of judgment is the final consequence (pariṇāma), not immediate appeal.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral and practical counsel (nīti) during the tense pre-war negotiations. Here he uses the metaphor of food and digestion to advise careful selection of actions, alliances, and desires—accept only what will not harm in the end.