Shloka 38

Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)

Devanagari script

एवं कथाभिरन्वास्य धृतराष्ट्रं मनीषिण: । विप्रजग्मुर्यथाकामं ते सिद्धगतिमास्थिता:,इस प्रकार वे मनीषी महर्षिगण अपनी कथाओंसे धृतराष्ट्रको संतुष्ट करके सिद्ध गतिका आश्रय ले इच्छानुसार विभिन्न स्थानोंको चले गये

Transliteration

evaṁ kathābhir anvāsya dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ manīṣiṇaḥ | viprajagmur yathākāmaṁ te siddhagatiṁ āsthitāḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «Так, утешив Дхритараштру назидательными повествованиями, те мудрые риши — утвердившиеся на совершенном пути сиддхов — разошлись по своему желанию в разные места».

Word by Word

एवम्thus

कथाभिःwith stories/discourses

अन्वास्यhaving satisfied/pleased

धृतराष्ट्रम्Dhṛtarāṣṭra

मनीषिणःthe wise sages

विप्रजग्मुःdeparted/went away

यथाकामम्as they wished/at will

तेthey

सिद्धगतिम्the perfected course/state (siddha-destiny)

आस्थिताःhaving resorted to/attained

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

manīṣiṇaḥ (sages/ṛṣis)

siddha-gati (state/path of the siddhas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wise counsel—especially in the form of dharmic narratives—can pacify sorrow and reorient a person toward steadiness and renunciation; the sages exemplify detachment by departing freely after fulfilling their compassionate duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking consoling and instructive stories to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the assembled sages, established in a perfected spiritual course (siddha-gati), leave and go their separate ways according to their own will.