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 ||
ବିଦୁର କହନ୍ତି—ଯେ ଜୀବ ପ୍ରଜ୍ଞାର ଶରରେ ବିଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇଛି, ତାହା ପାଇଁ ନ ବୈଦ୍ୟ ଅଛି, ନ ଔଷଧ। ନ ହୋମମନ୍ତ୍ର, ନ ମଙ୍ଗଳକର୍ମ, ନ ଅଥର୍ବଣ ପ୍ରୟୋଗ, ନ ସୁସିଦ୍ଧ ଅଗଦ (ପ୍ରତିବିଷ ଜଡିବୁଟି) ମଧ୍ୟ କାମ ଦେଉନାହିଁ।
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.