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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.41
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 41
- saumyānuśoce tam adhaḥ-patantaṁ
- bhrātre paretāya vidudruhe yaḥ
- niryāpito yena suhṛt sva-puryā
- ahaṁ sva-putrān samanuvratena
saumyaO gentle one — O gentle one; anuśoceI lament — I lament; tamhim — him; adhaḥgliding down-patantamgliding down — gliding down; bhrātreon his brother's — on his brother's; paretāyadeath — death; vidudruherevolted against — revolted against; yaḥone who — one who; niryāpitaḥdriven out — driven out; yenaby whom — by whom; suhṛtwell-wisher — well-wisher; svafrom his own house-puryāḥfrom his own house — from his own house; ahammyself — myself; svawith his own sons-putrānwith his own sons — with his own sons; samanuaccepting the same line of action-vratenaaccepting the same line of action — accepting the same line of action.
O gentle one, I simply lament for he [Dhṛtarāṣṭra] who rebelled against his brother after death. By him I was driven out of my own house, although I am his sincere well-wisher, because he accepted the line of action adopted by his own sons.
Vidura did not ask about the welfare of his elder brother because there was no chance of his well-being, only news of his gliding down to hell. Vidura was a sincere well-wisher for Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and he had a thought about him in the corner of his heart. He lamented that Dhṛtarāṣṭra could rebel against the sons of his dead brother Pāṇḍu and that he could drive him (Vidura) out of his own house on the dictation of his crooked sons. In spite of these actions, Vidura never became an enemy of Dhṛtarāṣṭra but continued to be his well-wisher, and at the last stage of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's life, it was Vidura only who proved to be his real friend. Such is the behavior of a Vaiṣṇava like Vidura: he desires all good, even for his enemies.