Shloka 5

Kāmyaka-vane Pāṇḍava-nivāsaḥ — Vidurasya āgamanam ca (कamyake वने पाण्डवनिवासः—विदुरस्य आगमनं च)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत वनपवके अन्तर्गत अरण्यपर्वमें विदुरनिवासनविषयक पाँचवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,भ्राता मम सुदहृच्चैव साक्षाद्‌ धर्म इवापर: । तस्य स्मृत्याद्य सुभृशं हृदयं दीर्यतीव मे “संजय! विदुर मेरे भाई और सुहृद्‌ हैं। वे साक्षात्‌ दूसरे धर्मके समान हैं। उनकी याद आनेसे आज मेरा हृदय अत्यन्त विदीर्ण-सा होने लगा है

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | bhrātā mama suhṛc caiva sākṣād dharma ivāparaḥ | tasya smṛtyādya subhṛśaṃ hṛdayaṃ dīryatīva me | sañjaya! viduro me bhrātā suhṛt ca; sa sākṣād apara iva dharmaḥ | tasya smṛtyā adya mama hṛdayaṃ subhṛśaṃ dīryamāṇam iva bhavati ||

Translation

“三阇耶啊，毗度罗既是我的兄弟，也是我的至交；他分明如同法（Dharma）以另一形相显现。今日一忆及他，我的心便仿佛被撕裂一般。”

Word by Word

• {'bhrātā': 'brother', 'mama': 'my', 'suhṛt (suhṛc)': 'friend

• one who seeks another’s good', 'ca eva': 'and indeed', 'sākṣāt': 'directly

• as if present in person', 'dharma': 'righteousness

• justice', 'iva': 'like

• as if', 'aparaḥ': 'another

• alternative form', 'tasya': 'of him

• his', 'smṛtyā (smṛti)': 'by remembrance

• recollection', 'adya': 'today

• now', 'subhṛśam': 'exceedingly

• intensely', 'hṛdayam': 'heart

• inner mind', 'dīryati': 'is torn

• is rent asunder', 'me': 'to me

• my', 'sañjaya': 'Sañjaya (addressed vocatively)'}

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sañjaya
• Vidura
• Dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True moral authority is recognized not by power but by character: Yudhiṣṭhira honors Vidura as ‘another Dharma,’ implying that ethical counsel and integrity are embodiments of dharma worthy of reverence and reliance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Sañjaya and expresses intense sorrow and longing as he remembers Vidura—his brother and trusted well-wisher—praising him as a living image of dharma and confessing that the memory makes his heart feel torn.