Shloka 58
हंस–साध्यसंवादः, वाक्-निग्रहः, महाकुल-लक्षणम्, शान्ति-उपायः
Hamsa–Sādhya Dialogue; Restraint of Speech; Marks of Noble Lineage; Means to Peace
प्रज्ञाशरेणा भिह तस्य जन्तो- श्रविकित्सका: सन्ति न चौषधानि । न होममन्त्रा न च मड्बलानि नाथर्वणा नाप्यगदा: सुसिद्धा:
prajñāśareṇābhihatasya jantoḥ śravikitsakāḥ santi na cauṣadhāni | na homamantrā na ca maṅgalāni nātharvaṇā nāpyagadāḥ susiddhāḥ ||
विदुर म्हणतात—ज्याला प्रज्ञेच्या बाणाने घायाळ केले आहे, त्याच्यासाठी ना वैद्य आहे, ना औषध. ना होम-मंत्र, ना मांगलिक कर्म, ना अथर्ववेदोक्त प्रयोग, ना उत्तम रीतीने सिद्ध अगद (औषधी)ही उपयोगी पडत नाही.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
When genuine wisdom pierces a person—destroying delusion and attachment—no external countermeasure can undo it. Rituals, spells, auspicious rites, or medicines may address bodily or worldly troubles, but they cannot reverse true ethical awakening; it irreversibly redirects one toward dharma.
In the Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral counsel in the tense lead-up to war. Here he uses a striking metaphor: wisdom is like an arrow that, once it hits, leaves no ‘treatment’—emphasizing the decisive, transformative power of right understanding over mere external rites.