Shloka 57
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
तत्र पूर्वचतुर्वर्गो दम्भार्थमपि सेव्यते । उत्तरश्न चतुर्वर्गो नामहात्मसु तिष्तति
tatra pūrva-caturvargo dambhārtham api sevyate | uttaraś ca caturvargo na mahātmasu tiṣṭhati ||
Здесь первые четыре могут исполняться даже ради одного показного блеска; но последние четыре не способны поистине пребывать в тех, кто не велик душой.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura distinguishes between virtues that can be imitated outwardly for reputation and deeper qualities that cannot exist without genuine greatness of soul; true moral excellence is not sustained by pretense.
In Vidura’s counsel during the Udyoga Parva, he evaluates sets of qualities being discussed and warns that some practices may be adopted merely as a façade, while the higher set is attainable only by truly noble persons.