Shloka 26
Bhāgīrathī-tīra-śauca, Kurukṣetra-gamana, and Śatayūpa-āśrama-dīkṣā (गङ्गातीरशौच–कुरुक्षेत्रगमन–शतयूपाश्रमदीक्षा)
विवेश विदुरो धीमान् गात्रैर्गात्राणि चैव ह । प्राणान् प्राणेषु च दधदिन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियेषु च
vaiśampāyana uvāca | viveśa viduro dhīmān gātrair gātrāṇi caiva ha | prāṇān prāṇeṣu ca dadhad indriyāṇīndriyeṣu ca ||
बुद्धिमान विदुरांनी आपले अवयव युधिष्ठिरांच्या अवयवांत, प्राण त्यांच्या प्राणांत आणि इंद्रिये त्यांच्या इंद्रियांत स्थापित करून त्यांच्या देहात प्रवेश केला.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights yogic mastery at life’s end: the wise person withdraws and integrates body, breath, and senses with perfect control, suggesting that spiritual attainment and selflessness surpass worldly status.
Vidura, having reached the culmination of his life and practice, mystically enters Yudhiṣṭhira—symbolizing the transfer/absorption of his embodied energies (limbs, prāṇa, and senses) and marking Vidura’s departure (niryāṇa).