7/29/2019 Vidura and Brahmavidya

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THE EPISODE OF VIDURA NOT TALKING ON BRAHMA-VIDYAAfter Vidura explained everything about Nti famously known as Vidura-nti, he wasquestioned by Dhtarra as follows:

05,041.001 dhtarra uvca05,041.001a anukta yadi te ki cid vc vidura vidyate05,041.001c tan me urave brhi vicitri hi bhase

"Dhritarashtra said, 'If there is anything still left unsaid by You, O Vidura, say it then, as I

am ready to listen to You. The discourse is, indeed, charming.'

(What is left unsaid by Vidura is Brahma-vidya, Knowledge of Brahman)

05,041.002 vidura uvca05,041.002a dhtarra kumro vai ya pura santana05,041.002c sanatsujta provca mtyur nstti bhrata05,041.003a sa te guhyn prak ca sarvn hdayasarayn05,041.003c pravakyati mahrja sarvabuddhimat vara

Vidura. said, 'O Dhtarra, O one of the Bharata race, that ancient and immortal i

Sanat-sujta who, leading a life perpetual celibacy, has said that there is no Death,--thatforemost of all intelligent persons,--will expound to you all the doubts, in your mind, bothexpressed and unexpressed.'

05,041.004 dhtarra uvca05,041.004a ki tva na veda tad bhyo yan me bryt santana05,041.004c tvam eva vidura brhi prajeo 'sti cet tava05,041.005 vidura uvca05,041.005a drayonv aha jto nto 'nyad vaktum utsahe05,041.005c kumrasya tu y buddhir veda t vatm aham

05,041.006a brhm hi yonim panna suguhyam api yo vadet05,041.006c na tena garhyo devn tasmd etad bravmi te

"Dhritarashtra said, 'Do you not know what that immortal i will say to me? O Vidura,please do say it, if indeed, you have that level of wisdom.'

Vidura said, 'I am born in the dra birth and, therefore, do not venture to say morethan what I have already said. The understanding, however, of that ri leading a life ofcelibacy, is regarded by me to be infinite. He, having taken birth as a Brhmaa, bydiscoursing on even the most confidential matters, never incurs the censure of the gods.Therefore, I told you so (that I cannot talk more).'

Commentary By r- Nlakaha:

varramakrama mullagya brahmavidy nopadied iti khyyikmukhenha- kitvamitydin. santanparanm sanatsujta

By verses commencing from ki tvam, by means of a short narrative, it is said Do notinstruct brahma-vidy transgressing the way of Varrama

The knowledge told by Sage Sanat-ujta is famous as sanat-sujtya. A discourse of

spirituality. Another name for sage Sanata-sujta is Santana.

Therefore, Vidura, though knowledgeable in Brahma-Vidy because of his past birth asYama did not instruct on it because of his birth as a dra.