Shloka 5
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । विरोचनस्य संवाद केशिन्यर्थे सुधन््वना,इस विषयमें उस प्राचीन इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं, जिसमें “केशिनी” के लिये सुधन्वाके साथ विरोचनके विवादका वर्णन है
atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam | virocanasya saṃvādaṃ keśinyarthe sudhanvanā ||
ഈ വിഷയത്തിലും ആളുകൾ ഒരു പുരാതന ഇതിഹാസം ഉദാഹരണമായി പറയുന്നു—കേശിനിയെ സംബന്ധിച്ച് വിരോചനനും സുധന്വനും തമ്മിൽ നടന്ന സംവാദ-വാദം.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura signals that moral reasoning should be guided by established precedents (itihāsa): when a dispute arises, one should examine earlier exemplars and weigh conduct by dharma rather than by mere power or desire.
Vidura introduces an old story as an illustrative case: a debate or conflict between Virocana and Sudhanvan, triggered by the matter of Keśinī, which will serve as a moral example for the present discussion.