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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । अनुक्तं यदि ते किंचिद्वाचा विदुर विद्यते । तन्मे शुश्रूषवे ब्रूहि विचित्राणि हि भाषसे ॥५-४१-१॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Vidura, if there is anything you have not yet spoken, tell it to me who longs to hear; for your words are marked by remarkable discernment.
english translation
विदुर उवाच । धृतराष्ट्र कुमारो वै यः पुराणः सनातनः । सनत्सुजातः प्रोवाच मृत्युर्नास्तीति भारत॥५-४१-२॥
Vidura said: O Bhārata, that ancient and eternal youth of Dhṛtarāṣṭra—Sanatsujāta—declared that there is no death.
english translation
स ते गुह्यान्प्रकाशांश्च सर्वान्हृदयसंश्रयान् । प्रवक्ष्यति महाराज सर्वबुद्धिमतां वरः॥५-४१-३॥
He will explain to you, O great king, all teachings—both esoteric and explicit—rooted in the heart; he is foremost among the wise.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । किं त्वं न वेद तद्भूयो यन्मे ब्रूयात्सनातनः । त्वमेव विदुर ब्रूहि प्रज्ञाशेषोऽस्ति चेत्तव॥५-४१-४॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Do you not know, in fuller measure, what the eternal one would tell me? You yourself, Vidura, speak—if any remainder of insight is still with you.
english translation
विदुर उवाच । शूद्रयोनावहं जातो नातोऽन्यद्वक्तुमुत्सहे । कुमारस्य तु या बुद्धिर्वेद तां शाश्वतीमहम्॥५-४१-५॥
Vidura said: I was born from a Śūdra womb; therefore I do not presume to speak beyond my station. Yet I do know the enduring understanding that belongs to that youth.
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