Shloka 87
Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition
षडेते हावमन्यन्ते नित्यं पूर्वोपकारिणम् । आचार्य शिक्षिता: शिष्या: कृतदाराश्ष मातरम्
ṣaḍ ete hāvamanyante nityaṁ pūrvopakāriṇam | ācārya-śikṣitāḥ śiṣyāḥ kṛta-dārāś ca mātaram ||
விதுரன் கூறினான்—இவ்வாறு ஆறு வகையினர் தமக்கு முன்பு உதவியவரை அடிக்கடி இகழ்கின்றனர்: கல்வி முடிந்த சீடன் ஆசானை, திருமணம் செய்த மகன் தாயை.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is kṛtajñatā (gratitude): one must not dishonor those who previously helped—especially teachers and parents—merely because one has become independent. Forgetting benefactors is presented as a common but blameworthy human tendency opposed to dharma.
In Udyoga Parva, Vidura offers moral counsel (nīti) in the tense lead-up to war. Here he illustrates a general ethical pattern by listing types of people who often neglect earlier benefactors, warning against such ingratitude as a sign of moral decline.