Shloka 68
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 34 — Vidura’s Counsel on Deliberation, Speech-Discipline, and Dharmic Kingship
पूर्वे वयसि तत् कुर्याद् येन वृद्ध: सुखं वसेत् । यावज्जीवेन तत् कुर्याद् येन प्रेत्य सुखं वसेत्,पहली अवस्थामें वह काम करे, जिससे वृद्धावस्थामें सुखपूर्वक रह सके और जीवनभर वह कार्य करे, जिससे मरनेके बाद भी (परलोकमें) सुखसे रह सके
pūrve vayasi tat kuryād yena vṛddhaḥ sukhaṃ vaset | yāvajjīvena tat kuryād yena pretya sukhaṃ vaset ||
毗度罗劝诫：当在早年行事，使得老来得以安宁舒适；并且终其一生不断修行诸业，以致身后亦能在来世安乐而居。此言旨在敦促远见、自律与积累功德之行，而非短视的放纵享乐。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Plan and live ethically with long horizons: cultivate habits and actions in youth that secure well-being in old age, and perform dharmic, merit-producing deeds throughout life so that one’s condition after death is also auspicious.
In Vidura’s counsel (nīti) during the Udyoga Parva, he offers practical and moral guidance, urging responsible conduct and sustained dharmic action rather than impulsive choices that bring suffering later in life and beyond.