Shloka 72
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 33: धृतराष्ट्र-विदुर संवादः (विदुरनीतिः)
अनसूया<<्जवं शौचं संतोष: प्रियवादिता | दम: सत्यमनायासो न भवन्न्ति दुरात्मनाम्
anasūyārjavaṁ śaucaṁ santoṣaḥ priyavāditā | damaḥ satyam anāyāso na bhavanti durātmanām ||
ದೋಷಾನ್ವೇಷಣೆ ಮಾಡದಿರುವುದು, ಸರಳತೆ, ಶೌಚ, ಸಂತೋಷ, ಪ್ರಿಯವಚನ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯದಮನ, ಸತ್ಯಭಾಷಣ ಮತ್ತು ವಕ್ರತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ನಡೆ—ಇವು ದುರುಳರೊಳಗೆ ಹುಟ್ಟುವುದಿಲ್ಲ।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that genuine virtue is rooted in inner disposition: a wicked-minded person typically lacks non-enviousness, sincerity, purity, contentment, kind speech, sense-restraint, truthfulness, and unforced straightforward conduct—qualities essential for living by dharma.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura delivers moral and political counsel (nīti) in the tense lead-up to war, diagnosing the ethical failures that lead rulers and courtiers toward adharma; here he lists virtues that are absent in the truly corrupt.