Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /272

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THE MAHABHARATA
 
एवमुक्त्वा महाबाहुर्दुर्योधनममर्षणम् ।

निवेशाय ययौ वेश्म विदुरस्य महात्मनः ॥
 

Having said SOso to the bad-tempered

Duryodhana, the mighty Krishna went to the

lofty-minded Vidura's house to stay there.

 
ततोऽनुयायिभिस्सार्धधं मरुद्भिरिव वासवः ।

विदुरान्नानि बुभुजे शुचीनि गुणवन्ति च ॥
 

Along with his followers then, as Indra

with the gods, Krishna ate the pure and
 

excellent food of Vidura.
 

 
तं भुक्तवन्तमाश्वस्तं निशायां विदुरोऽब्रवीत् ।

'नेदं सम्यग्व्यवसितं केशवागमनं तव ॥
 

Vidura told him after he had eaten and

taken rest in the night: "Krishna, this

coming of yours is not a good resolve.
 
6
 

 
यत्र सूक्तं दुरुक्तं च समं स्यान्मधुसूदन ।

न तत्र प्रलपेत्प्राज्ञो बधिरेष्विव गायनः ॥'
 
"6
 

'Krishna, where both good words and
 

bad words will be the same, there, as a

musician before the deaf, a wise man

should not open his mouth."