Shloka 46
उद्योगपर्व — विदुरनीतिः (Adhyāya 37): आयुःक्षयहेतवः, नीतिसूत्राणि, बलभेदाः, पाण्डव-विग्रहदोषदर्शनम्
हित्वा तान् परमेष्वासान् पाण्डवानमितौजस: । आहितं भारतैश्वर्य त्वया दुर्योधने महत्,भारत! आपने उन महान् धनुर्धर और अत्यन्त तेजस्वी पाण्डवोंको छोड़कर यह महान् ऐश्वर्यका भार दुर्योधनके ऊपर रख दिया है
hitvā tān parameṣvāsān pāṇḍavān amitaujasaḥ | āhitaṃ bhārat-aiśvaryaṃ tvayā duryodhane mahat, bhārata |
毗度罗说道：“噢，婆罗多啊，你舍弃了那些般度族——至高的弓手，威力不可度量——却把婆罗多王权的沉重担子置于杜尤陀那肩上。你将真正有才且正直的继承者搁置一旁，把王位之重转交给一个其抉择足以危及国土达摩秩序的人。”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rulership is a moral burden that should rest on the most capable and dharmic heirs; favoritism that ignores merit and righteousness transfers the kingdom’s weight to unfit hands and invites ruin for the polity.
In Vidura’s counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra during the Udyoga Parva, he rebukes the king for sidelining the powerful Pandavas and effectively entrusting the empire’s fate to Duryodhana, warning of the ethical and political consequences.