Mahabharata 1.205.2 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 205, Shloka 2
Arjuna Restores a Brāhmaṇa’s Cattle and Accepts Forest Exile
Satya-vrata at Khaṇḍavaprastha
यथैव पाण्डोस्ते वीरा: कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथा: । तथैव धर्मत: सर्वे मम पुत्रा न संशय:
yathaiva pāṇḍos te vīrāḥ kuntīputrā mahārathāḥ | tathaiva dharmataḥ sarve mama putrā na saṁśayaḥ ||
यथैव पाण्डोस्ते वीराḥ कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथाः। तथैव धर्मतः सर्वे मम पुत्रा न संशयः॥
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura affirms an ethical form of kinship: beyond biological lineage, dharma creates a binding responsibility to treat the righteous heirs as one’s own, emphasizing impartial duty and moral guardianship.
In counsel and reflection on the heirs of the Kuru line, Vidura speaks of the Pāṇḍavas—Pāṇḍu’s sons through Kuntī—as heroic warriors, and declares that by dharma he regards them as his own sons, underscoring his protective, non-partisan stance.
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