Shloka 100
Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition
नवद्वारमिदं वेश्म त्रिस्थूणं पठचसाक्षिकम् | क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितं विद्वान् यो वेद स पर: कवि:
navadvāram idaṁ veśma tristhūṇaṁ pañcasākṣikam | kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitaṁ vidvān yo veda sa paraḥ kaviḥ ||
ودُر نے کہا—یہ جسم نو دروازوں والا ایک گھر ہے، تین ستونوں (سَتّو، رَجَس، تَمَس) پر قائم ہے، اور پانچ گواہوں (حواسِ معرفت) کے زیرِ نظر رہتا ہے۔ جو دانا اسے ‘کھیت’ سمجھے جس پر ‘کھیت کا جاننے والا’ (آتما/نفسِ حقیقی) حاکم ہے، وہی برتر بینا—پرَم درشتا—ہے۔
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
To recognize the body as an instrument—'a nine-gated house'—and to discern the indwelling Self (kṣetrajña) as the true governor. Such inner knowledge grounds ethical conduct: restraint of the senses, freedom from delusion, and action guided by discrimination rather than impulse.
In the Udyoga Parva, Vidura delivers counsel meant to avert ruin and guide right conduct during the tense pre-war negotiations. Here he shifts from political advice to spiritual-ethical instruction, teaching that true wisdom lies in understanding the inner Self behind the body and senses.