Shloka 17
मा हासी: साम्पराये त्वं बुद्धि तामृषिपूजिताम् । पुरूरवसमैलं त्वं बुद्धया जयसि पाण्डव,ऋषियोंद्वारा सम्मानित उस परलोकविषयक विज्ञानका तुम कभी त्याग न करना। पाण्डुनन्दन! तुम अपनी बुद्धिसे इलानन्दन पुरूरवाको भी पराजित करते हो
mā hāsīḥ sāmparāye tvaṁ buddhiṁ tām ṛṣipūjitām | purūravasam ailaṁ tvaṁ buddhyā jayasi pāṇḍava ||
Vidura disse: “Não abandones jamais aquele entendimento acerca do além—um saber honrado pelos sábios. Ó filho de Pāṇḍu, pelo teu próprio intelecto superas até Purūravas, filho de Ilā.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura urges steadfastness in higher discernment—especially knowledge of consequences beyond this life—because such wisdom, revered by sages, safeguards dharma and prevents moral collapse under pressure.
In the Sabha Parva context of counsel and moral warning, Vidura addresses a Pāṇḍava, exhorting him not to relinquish sage-approved insight about the hereafter and praising his intellect as superior even to the famed king Purūravas Aila.