Shloka 30
Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)
नारद उवाच यदृच्छया शक्रसदो गत्वा शक्रं शचीपतिम् । दृष्टवानस्मि राजर्षे तत्र पाण्डंं नराधिपम्,नारदजी बोले--राजर्षे! एक दिन मैं दैवेच्छासे घूमता-फिरता इन्द्रलोकमें चला गया और वहाँ जाकर शचीपति इन्द्रसे मिला। वहीं मैंने राजा पाण्डुको भी देखा था
nārada uvāca | yadṛcchayā śakrasadaḥ gatvā śakraṃ śacīpatim | dṛṣṭavān asmi rājarṣe tatra pāṇḍuṃ narādhipam |
Wika ni Nārada: “O haring-pantas, minsan, habang ako’y naglalakbay dahil sa kalooban ng langit, naparoon ako sa bulwagan ni Indra at nakatagpo si Indra, ang panginoon ni Śacī. Doon ko rin nakita si Haring Pāṇḍu, ang pinuno sa mga tao.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores providence and the reality of higher worlds in the epic’s moral universe: by divine dispensation (yadṛcchayā), a sage gains direct witness of celestial order and the posthumous status of kings, reinforcing that deeds and dharma connect human life with divine realms.
Nārada reports to a royal sage that he happened to visit Indra’s assembly in Indraloka, met Indra (Śacī’s lord), and there saw King Pāṇḍu—introducing eyewitness testimony about Pāṇḍu’s presence in the celestial domain.