Shloka 4

Vidura’s Recall from Kāmyaka-vana and Reconciliation with Dhṛtarāṣṭra (विदुरानयनम् / क्षमायाचनम्)

Devanagari script

यावदस्य पुनर्बुद्धिं विदुरो नापकर्षति । पाण्डवानयने तावन्मन्त्रयध्वं हित॑ं मम,“यह पिताजीके विचारको पुनः पाण्डवोंके लौटा लानेकी ओर जबतक नहीं खींचता, तभीतक मेरे हित-साधनके विषयमें तुमलोग कोई उत्तम सलाह दो

Transliteration

yāvad asya punar-buddhiṁ viduro nāpakarṣati | pāṇḍavānayane tāvan mantrayadhvaṁ hitaṁ mama ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Chừng nào Vidura chưa kéo tâm ý của (nhà vua) trở lại việc đưa các Pāṇḍava về đây, thì trong lúc ấy các ngươi hãy bàn bạc và hiến kế cho ta điều gì thật sự lợi cho ta.”

Word by Word

यावत्as long as / until

अस्यof him

पुनःagain

बुद्धिम्mind / intention

विदुरःVidura

नnot

अपकर्षतिdraws/pulls away (towards)

पाण्डव-आनयनेin/with regard to bringing the Pāṇḍavas (back)

तावत्till then / so long

मन्त्रयध्वम्deliberate / advise

हितम्benefit / welfare

ममof me / my

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vidura

Pāṇḍavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sound governance depends on timely, welfare-oriented counsel (hita) and patient deliberation; wise advisors like Vidura can redirect a ruler’s mind toward reconciliation and dharmic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker indicates that, before Vidura succeeds in turning the king’s intention back toward summoning the Pāṇḍavas, others should use the intervening time to confer and propose what would best serve the speaker’s interests.