Shloka 3
उद्योगपर्व — विदुरनीतिः (Adhyāya 37): आयुःक्षयहेतवः, नीतिसूत्राणि, बलभेदाः, पाण्डव-विग्रहदोषदर्शनम्
यस्योदकं मधुपर्क च गां च न मन्त्रवित् प्रतिगृह्नाति गेहे । लोभाद् भयादथ कार्पण्यतो वा तस्यानर्थ जीवितमाहुरार्या:
yasyodakaṁ madhuparkaṁ ca gāṁ ca na mantravit pratigṛhṇāti gehe | lobhād bhayād atha kārpaṇyato vā tasyānarthaṁ jīvitam āhur āryāḥ ||
ວິດູຣາກ່າວວ່າ: «ຖ້າພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ຮູ້ເວດ ແລະ ຊຳນານໃນຄຳສອນ ບໍ່ຍອມຮັບນ້ຳ, ມະດູພັກກະ (ນ້ຳຜຶ້ງປະສົມສຳລັບຕ້ອນຮັບ) ແລະ ງົວ ໃນເຮືອນໃດໜຶ່ງ ເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມໂລບ, ຄວາມຢ້ານ, ຫຼື ຄວາມຂັດສົນອັນຕະໜີ, ບັນດາຜູ້ດີຜູ້ຮູ້ກ່າວວ່າ ຊີວິດຂອງເຈົ້າເຮືອນນັ້ນເປັນໄຮ້ຄວາມໝາຍ.»
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Proper hospitality and the honoring of worthy guests are central to household dharma; when greed, fear, or miserly poverty prevents the appropriate exchange of honor (offering and acceptance), life in the householder’s role is judged fruitless by the noble.
In Vidura’s ethical counsel during the Udyoga Parva, he states a norm of righteous social conduct: a learned brāhmaṇa should accept the standard tokens of welcome—water, madhuparka, and a cow—when offered; refusal driven by base motives signals a breakdown of dharmic order and renders the householder’s life ‘without purpose’ in the eyes of the wise.