Shloka 12
हंस–साध्यसंवादः, वाक्-निग्रहः, महाकुल-लक्षणम्, शान्ति-उपायः
Hamsa–Sādhya Dialogue; Restraint of Speech; Marks of Noble Lineage; Means to Peace
विश्वस्तस्यैति यो दारान् यश्चापि गुरुतल्पग: । वृषलीपतिर्द्धिजो यश्व॒ पानपश्चैव भारत
viśvastasya eti yo dārān yaś cāpi gurutalpagaḥ | vṛṣalīpatir dvijo yaś ca pānapaś caiva bhārata ||
ହେ ଭାରତ! ଯେ ନିଜ ଉପରେ ବିଶ୍ୱାସ କରୁଥିବା ପୁରୁଷର ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ସହ ଗମନ କରେ, ଯେ ଗୁରୁପତ୍ନୀଗାମୀ, ଯେ ଦ୍ୱିଜ ହୋଇ ଶୂଦ୍ରାକୁ ପତ୍ନୀ କରେ, ଏବଂ ଯେ ମଦ୍ୟପାନ କରେ—ଏମାନେ ସମସ୍ତେ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣହନ୍ତା ସମାନ; ତାଙ୍କ ସଙ୍ଗଦୋଷ ହେଲେ ପ୍ରାୟଶ୍ଚିତ୍ତ ବିଧିତ।
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura classifies certain betrayals and transgressions—especially violating a trusted man’s wife, adultery with the guru’s wife, improper marriage across prescribed norms for a dvija, and drinking intoxicants—as gravely destructive to dharma, comparable in severity to brahmahatyā, and warns that association with such acts/actors requires expiation.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura counsels the Kuru king (addressed as ‘Bhārata’, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra) on righteous conduct. This verse is part of his moral admonition, listing behaviors that dharma tradition treats as extremely serious offenses.