Shloka 25
अध्याय ३९: विदुरेण धृतराष्ट्राय नीत्युपदेशः
Timely Counsel, Association, and Kin-Duty
नित्योदकी नित्ययज्ञोपवीती नित्यस्वाध्यायी पतितान्नवर्जी । सत्यं ब्रुवन् गुरवे कर्म कुर्वन् न ब्राह्मुणश्व्यवते ब्रह्मलोकात्,जो प्रतिदिन जलसे स्नान-संध्या-तर्पण आदि करता है, नित्य यज्ञोपवीत धारण किये रहता है, नित्य स्वाध्याय करता है, पतितोंका अन्न त्याग देता है, सत्य बोलता और गुरुकी सेवा करता है, वह ब्राह्मण कभी ब्रह्मलोकसे भ्रष्ट नहीं होता
nityodakī nityayajñopavītī nityasvādhyāyī patitānnavarjī | satyaṃ bruvan gurave karma kurvan na brāhmaṇaś cyavate brahmalokāt ||
毗度罗说：一位婆罗门若每日行水仪——沐浴、暮昏礼（sandhyā）与祭祖供献——常佩圣线（yajñopavīta），恒常日诵自学吠陀（svādhyāya），拒食与堕落之人相关的食物，言必真实，并以应尽之职事奉师长；如此的婆罗门，永不从梵天界（Brahma-loka）堕落。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual stability and higher attainment (Brahma-loka) are secured through consistent daily discipline: purity through water-rites, commitment to Vedic study, ethical restraint in accepting food, truthfulness in speech, and humble service to one’s teacher. The verse emphasizes lived conduct as the basis of religious identity and merit.
In the Udyoga Parva, Vidura instructs and admonishes within the tense pre-war context, presenting dharma-based counsel. Here he articulates a standard of Brahminical life—ritual regularity, learning, moral discernment, and guru-service—using it as an ethical benchmark amid political and familial conflict.