Shloka 70
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
धनेनाधर्मलब्धेन यच्छिद्रमपिधीयते । असंवृतं तद् भवति ततो<न्यदवदीर्यते
dhanenādharmalabdhena yac chidram apidhīyate | asaṁvṛtaṁ tad bhavati tato 'nyad avadīryate ||
अधर्माने मिळालेल्या धनाने जो दोष झाकला जातो, तो झाकला जात नाही; उलट त्यातून आणखी एक नवा दोष उघड होतो.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Trying to conceal wrongdoing with wealth acquired by unrighteous means fails: the original fault remains exposed, and the act of concealment itself generates a new fault—adharma multiplies when used as its own remedy.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral counsel in the tense pre-war context, warning against unethical strategies and the self-defeating cycle of using corrupt resources to manage reputational or practical problems.