Shloka 45
Vidura-nīti: Atithi-dharma, Trust, Counsel-Secrecy, and Traits of Sustainable Rule
Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 38
प्राज्ञोपसेविन वैद्यं धार्मिकं प्रियदर्शनम् । मित्रवन्तं सुवाक्यं च सुहृदं परिपालयेत्,जो दविद्वानोंकी सेवामें रहनेवाला, वैद्य, धार्मिक, देखनेमें सुन्दर, मित्रोंसे युक्त तथा मधुरभाषी हो, ऐसे सुहृदकी सर्वथा रक्षा करनी चाहिये
prājñopasevinaṃ vaidyaṃ dhārmikaṃ priyadarśanam | mitravantaṃ suvākyaṃ ca suhṛdaṃ paripālayet ||
毗度罗说：当竭力护持一位怀善意的朋友——他亲近智者，技艺如良医，依达摩而行，仪容可亲，交游广阔，言辞甘美而得体。此人乃福祉之护卫，当尽心保存。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Value and protect a genuine well-wisher: a person who associates with the wise, is competent (like a healer), righteous, pleasant in conduct, socially supported, and speaks beneficially. Such a friend strengthens one’s moral and practical welfare.
In Vidura’s counsel within the Udyoga Parva, he outlines qualities of a trustworthy ally and advises that such a suhr̥d should be safeguarded—framing friendship as an ethical and strategic asset during tense political circumstances.