Vidura Summons Sanatsujata

Verse 1 (5.41.1)

अनुक्तं यदि ते किञ्चिद्वाचा विदुर विद्यते । तन्मे शुश्रूषतो ब्रूहि विचित्राणि हि भाषसे ॥

anuktaṃ yadi te kiñcidvācā vidura vidyate | tanme śuśrūṣato brūhi vicitrāṇi hi bhāṣase

If there is anything, Vidura, that you have left unsaid, tell it to me, for I am eager to hear; the things you say are wonderful.

Verse 2 (5.41.2)

धृतराष्ट्र कुमारो वै यः पुराणः सनातनः । सनत्सुजातः प्रोवाच मृत्युर्नास्तीति भारत ॥

dhṛtarāṣṭra kumāro vai yaḥ purāṇaḥ sanātanaḥ | sanatsujātaḥ provāca mṛtyurnāstīti bhārata

O Dhritarashtra, Bharata, the ancient and eternal youth Sanatsujata has declared that there is no death.

Note on the text: Corrected तनत्सुजातः → सनत्सुजातः (misprint in Wikisource; the sage's name; the critical edition reads it).

Verse 3 (5.41.3)

स ते गुह्यान्प्रकाशांश्च सर्वान्हृदयसंश्रयान् । प्रवक्ष्यति महाराज सर्वबुद्धिमतां वरः ॥

sa te guhyānprakāśāṃśca sarvānhṛdayasaṃśrayān | pravakṣyati mahārāja sarvabuddhimatāṃ varaḥ

He, the foremost of all the wise, great king, will explain to you every question, hidden or open, that lies in your heart.

Verse 4 (5.41.4)

किं त्वं न वेद तद्भूयो यन्मे ब्रूयात्सनातनः । त्वमेव विदुर ब्रूहि प्रज्ञाशेषोऽस्ति चेत्तव ॥

kiṃ tvaṃ na veda tadbhūyo yanme brūyātsanātanaḥ | tvameva vidura brūhi prajñāśeṣo'sti cettava

Do you not know what more that eternal one would tell me? Tell me yourself, Vidura, if any wisdom remains with you.

Verse 5 (5.41.5)

शूद्रयोनावहं जातो नातोऽन्यद्वक्तुमुत्सहे । कुमारस्य तु याबुद्धिर्वेद तां शाश्वतीमहम् ॥

śūdrayonāvahaṃ jāto nāto'nyadvaktumutsahe | kumārasya tu yābuddhirveda tāṃ śāśvatīmaham

I was born of a Shudra mother, and so I do not venture to say more than this. But I know the understanding of that eternal youth to be everlasting.

Verse 6 (5.41.6)

ब्राह्मीं हि योनिमापन्नः सगुह्यमपि यो वदेत् । न तेन गर्ह्यो देवानां तस्मादेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

brāhmīṃ hi yonimāpannaḥ saguhyamapi yo vadet | na tena garhyo devānāṃ tasmādetadbravīmi te

One born of Brahmin birth who speaks even of the most secret matters is not blamed by the gods. That is why I tell you this.

Verse 7 (5.41.7)

ब्रवीहि विदुर त्वं मे पुराणं तं सनातनम् । कथमेतेन देहेन स्यादिहैव समागमः ॥

bravīhi vidura tvaṃ me purāṇaṃ taṃ sanātanam | kathametena dehena syādihaiva samāgamaḥ

Tell me, Vidura, how I may meet that ancient and eternal one here and now, in this very body.

Verse 8 (5.41.8)

चिन्तयामास विदुरस्तमृषिं शंसितव्रतम् । स च तच्चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा दर्शयामास भारत ॥

cintayāmāsa vidurastamṛṣiṃ śaṃsitavratam | sa ca taccintitaṃ jñātvā darśayāmāsa bhārata

Vidura then called to mind that sage of rigorous vows; and the sage, knowing that he was being thought of, appeared before him, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Corrected तभृषिं → तमृषिं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads it).

Verse 9 (5.41.9)

स चैनं प्रतिजग्राह विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा । सुखोपविष्टं विश्रान्तमथैनं विदुरोऽब्रवीत् ॥

sa cainaṃ pratijagrāha vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā | sukhopaviṣṭaṃ viśrāntamathainaṃ viduro'bravīt

Vidura received him with the rites laid down by tradition, and when the sage was comfortably seated and rested, Vidura spoke to him.

Verse 10 (5.41.10)

भगवन्संशयः कश्चिद्धृतराष्ट्रस्य मानसः । यो न शक्यो मया वक्तुं त्वमस्मै वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

bhagavansaṃśayaḥ kaściddhṛtarāṣṭrasya mānasaḥ | yo na śakyo mayā vaktuṃ tvamasmai vaktumarhasi

Venerable one, there is a doubt in Dhritarashtra's mind that I cannot resolve by speaking; it is for you to explain it to him,

Note on the text: The critical edition prints this verse together with the next line as one three-line verse (5.41.10).

Verse 11 (5.41.11)

यं श्रुत्वाऽयं मनुष्येन्द्रः सर्वदुःखातिगो भवेत् ॥

yaṃ śrutvā'yaṃ manuṣyendraḥ sarvaduḥkhātigo bhavet

so that, having heard it, this lord of men may pass beyond all sorrow,

Note on the text: A single line in Wikisource and sanskritdocuments; the critical edition prints it as the third line of 5.41.10. Corrected श्रत्वा → श्रुत्वा (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads it).

Verse 12 (5.41.12)

लाभालाभौ प्रियद्वेष्यौ यथैनं न जरान्तकौ । विषहेरन्भयामर्षौ क्षुत्पिपासे मदोद्भवौ । अरतिश्चैव तन्द्री च कामक्रोधौ क्षयोदयौ ॥

lābhālābhau priyadveṣyau yathainaṃ na jarāntakau | viṣaheranbhayāmarṣau kṣutpipāse madodbhavau | aratiścaiva tandrī ca kāmakrodhau kṣayodayau

and so that gain and loss, the pleasant and the hateful, old age and death, fear and resentment, hunger and thirst, pride and prosperity, discontent and sloth, desire and anger, decline and rise may never overpower him.

Note on the text: Corrected श्रुत्पिपासे → क्षुत्पिपासे (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads it).