Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एवं सर्व विदित्वा वै यस्तत्त्वमनुवर्तते । स प्रमोक्षाय लभते पन्थानं मनुजेश्वर,नरेश्वर! जो इस प्रकार सब कुछ जानकर तत्त्वका अनुसरण करता है, वह मोक्षतक पहुँचनेके लिये मार्ग प्राप्त कर लेता है

Transliteration

evaṁ sarvaṁ viditvā vai yas tattvam anuvartate | sa pramokṣāya labhate panthānaṁ manujeśvara ||

Translation

Wahai tuan segala manusia, sesiapa yang benar-benar mengetahui semuanya ini lalu hidup selaras dengan tattva (hakikat/prinsip yang sebenar), dialah yang memperoleh jalan yang membawa menuju mokṣa, pembebasan.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

सर्वम्everything

विदित्वाhaving known

वैindeed, surely

यःwho

तत्त्वम्truth, principle, reality

अनुवर्ततेfollows, conforms to

सःhe

प्रमोक्षायfor liberation (final release)

लभतेobtains, gains

पन्थानम्path, way

मनुजेश्वरO lord of men

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vidura

manujeśvara (the king addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vidura teaches that mere understanding is incomplete unless one follows the truth (tattva) in practice; such lived alignment becomes the means that leads toward liberation (mokṣa).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Strī Parva’s reflective aftermath of the war, Vidura addresses the king as a moral counselor, summarizing that true insight must be translated into conduct, and that this is what opens the road to spiritual release.