Shloka 55
Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यदभीक्ष्णं निषेवते | तदेवापहरत्येनं तस्मात् कल्याणमाचरेत्,मनुष्य मन, वाणी और कर्मसे जिसका निरन्तर सेवन करता है, वह कार्य उस पुरुषको अपनी ओर खींच लेता है। इसलिये सदा कल्याणकारी कार्योंको ही करे
karmaṇā manasā vācā yad abhīkṣṇaṁ niṣevate | tad evāpaharaty enaṁ tasmāt kalyāṇam ācaret ||
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यदभीक्ष्णं निषेवते । तदेवापहरत्येनं तस्मात् कल्याणमाचरेत् ॥
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Repeated practice through body, mind, and speech becomes a force that shapes and pulls a person’s life; therefore one should deliberately cultivate only wholesome, beneficial conduct (kalyāṇa).
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled context, Vidura is instructing on right conduct (nīti/dharma), emphasizing how constant habits in thought, word, and deed determine one’s moral direction—an urgent lesson as the Kuru conflict moves toward war.