Shloka 47
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पी च यश्न स्यात् पानपो द्विज: । अतितीक्षणश्न॒ काकश्न नास्तिको वेदनिन्दक:
bhrūṇahā gurutalpī ca yaśna syāt pānapo dvijaḥ | atitīkṣṇaś ca kākaś ca nāstiko vedanindakaḥ ||
ວິດູຣະປະກາດວ່າ ຜູ້ກໍ່ຄວາມຜິດອັນຫນັກບາງພວກ ຄວນຖືກນັບເທົ່າກັບຜູ້ຂ້າພຣາຫມະນະ (brahmahatyā): ຜູ້ຂ້າຕົວອ່ອນ, ຜູ້ລ່ວງລະເມີດຕຽງອາຈານ (ຜິດປະເວນີກັບເມຍຄູ), ພຣາຫມະນະຜູ້ດື່ມຂອງມຶນເມົາ, ຜູ້ມີນິໄສຮຸນແຮງຢ່າງຍິ່ງ, ຜູ້ປະພຶດເຫມືອນກາ—ບໍ່ຮູ້ແຍກວ່າສິ່ງໃດຄວນເຮັດຫຼືບໍ່ຄວນເຮັດ—ນາສຕິກ (ຜູ້ບໍ່ເຊື່ອ), ແລະຜູ້ດ່າທໍາວິເທດ (Veda).
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that certain acts—especially those that destroy life, violate the guru’s household, or undermine Vedic moral authority—are so corrosive to dharma that they are treated as equal in gravity to brahmahatyā (the paradigmatic ‘great sin’).
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Vidura is instructing on standards of conduct and the moral weight of transgressions, classifying extreme offenders and warning that such behavior places one among the most culpable sinners.