Shloka 18
उद्योगपर्व — विदुरनीतिः (Adhyāya 37): आयुःक्षयहेतवः, नीतिसूत्राणि, बलभेदाः, पाण्डव-विग्रहदोषदर्शनम्
।। नासुद्गत् परमं मन्त्र भारताहति वेदितुम्
nāsudgataḥ paramaṁ mantraṁ bhāratāhati veditum
Vidura berkata: Sesiapa yang belum bangkit mengatasi dorongan rendah tidak layak memahami nasihat tertinggi; dalam pertikaian Bharata, hanya minda yang terdidik dengan penguasaan diri mampu menangkap bimbingan agung yang menjauhkan kebinasaan dan menuntun kepada dharma.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Supreme counsel (parama-mantra) is grasped only by a person who has elevated and purified the mind; without self-control and moral readiness, even the best advice cannot be understood or applied, especially amid the Bharata strife.
In Udyoga Parva, as war approaches, Vidura admonishes the king (addressed as ‘Bharata’) that the highest policy and dharmic guidance cannot be comprehended by one still driven by lower impulses—an indirect warning against stubbornness and adharma in the unfolding conflict.