Shloka 29
अथाब्रवीन्महाप्राज्ञो विदुर: सर्वधर्मवित् । एतदन्तास्तु भरता यद् व: कृष्णा सभां गता
athābravīn mahāprājño viduraḥ sarvadharmavit | etadantāstu bharatā yad vaḥ kṛṣṇā sabhāṃ gatā ||
Kemudian Vidura, yang amat bijaksana lagi mengetahui segala dharma, berkata: “Wahai kaum Bharata, inilah akibat akhirnya bagi kamu—bahawa Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) telah dibawa masuk ke balairungmu.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that adharma committed in the king’s court—especially the public dishonoring of a righteous woman—destroys the moral legitimacy of rule and inevitably ripens into collective ruin. A polity that normalizes injustice in its sabhā invites its own downfall.
In the Kuru assembly, after Draupadī has been brought into the hall, Vidura intervenes with a grave warning. He tells the Bharatas that this very event—bringing Kṛṣṇā into the sabhā—will become the decisive cause leading to their end.