Viduranitih

Language: Sanskrit Text With Transliteration and English Translation
Pages: 190

About the Book
Description of various types of people such as wise, fool etc., and also description of aims, sins, qualities etc.
Vidura's advice regarding the best path to make both Kauravas and Pandavas happy.
Vidura's advice to Dhrtarastra for doing justice to Pandavas.
Efforts to persuade Kauravas to make friendship with Pandavas, who have the qualities of those born in high families.
Pap;lavas and their relationship.
Duryodhana's fall from kingdom. Vidura's advice for having impartial attitude towards Pandavas.
Vidura's efforts to bring change in Kauravas. Finally Vidura believes that Destiny is certain.
Index of Verses.
Introduction
Safijaya came to see king Dhrtarastra and during his conversation the former insulted the king. Saiijaya also anounced that tomorrow he is going to deliver the message of Yudhisthira in the council. Dhrtarastra got disturbed. He called Vidura and told him the cause of his disturbance. He was desirous to know about the message of Yudhisthira. Vidura tells the king that he has developed enemity with the stronger person as he has exiled Yudhsithira and Paudavas. He starts telling the qualities of a wise man so that the king can judge himself about his wisdom.
Vidurniti is the thirty-third chapter of Udogya Parva of Mahabharata. It is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter opens with the description of a wise man. Vidura lays stress on the importance of four pursuits of human-life. According to him if a man is dragged away from these four pursuits (purusarthas), he is not known to be wise (20-23). Cold, heat, fear, lust etc. do not hamper the works taken up by the wise people (24).
According to Vidura wise men never strive for the unattainables, never gri