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Aho mahiayashi jantor jivitasha yatha bhavan
Bhima apavarjitam pindam adatte grihapalavat.
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Alas ! how much powerful is the hope of a living being to continue a life as much as you are living just like a household dog eating the remnant bits of foodstuff given by Bheema !
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A sadhu is never meant for flattering a king or a rich man for living comfortably at their cost. A sadhu is to speak the bare truth to the compact householders about the naked truth of life so that one may come to his senses about the precarious life in material existence. Dhritarastra is a typical example of attached old man in household-life. He had become a popper in the true sense and still he wanted to live comfortably in the house of the Pandavas of whom Bheema specially is mentioned because personally he killed two prominent sons of Dhritarastra nameley Duryodhone and Duhsasan. These two sons of Dhritarastra were very much dear to him for their being notorious in nefarious activities and Bheem is particularly pointed out because it is he who killed these pet sons of Dhritarastra. And why he was living there at the house of the Pandavas ? Because Dhritarastra wanted to continue his life comfortably even at the risk of all humiliation from the point of his own poistion. Vidura therefore, became astonished how much powerful is the sense of continuing life of the living being. This sense of continuing one's life indicates that a living being is eternally living entity and he does not want to change his habitation of the body. The foolishman does not know that a particular term of bodily existence is awarded to him to undergo a term of imprisonment and the human body is awarded, after many many births and deaths, as a chance for self-realisation and thus go back to home go back to Godhead. But persons like Dhritarastra try to make plans to live here in a comfortable position with profit and interest and he does not see things as they are. The things are different from his utopian conception of life but he is blind like Dhritarastra and continue to hope for living comfortably in the midst of all kinds of reverses of life. A Sadhu like Vidura is meant for awakening such blind persons like Dhritarastra and thus help him going back to Godhead where life is eternal once going there nobody wants to come back to this material world of miseries. We can just imagine how much important and responsible task is entrusted to a Sadhu like Mahatma Vidura.
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#dl##dd#aho mahīyasī jantor#/dd#
#dd#jīvitāśā yathā bhavān#/dd#
#dd#bhīmāpavarjitaṁ piṇḍam#/dd#
#dd#ādatte gṛha-pālavat#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aho&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aho#/i# — alas; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=mahīyasī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#mahīyasī#/i# — powerful; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jantoḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jantoḥ#/i# — of the living beings; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jīvita&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#jīvita-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āśā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āśā#/i# — hope for life; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yathā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yathā#/i# — as much as; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhavān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhavān#/i# — you are; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhīma&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bhīma#/i# — of Bhīmasena (a brother of Yudhiṣṭhira's); #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=apavarjitam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#apavarjitam#/i# — remnants; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=piṇḍam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#piṇḍam#/i# — foodstuff; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādatte&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#ādatte#/i# — eaten by; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=gṛha&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#gṛha-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pāla&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pāla-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vat#/i# — like a household dog.
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Alas, how powerful are the hopes of a living being to continue his life. Verily, you are living just like a household dog and are eating remnants of food given by Bhīma.
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A #i#sādhu#/i# should never flatter kings or rich men to live comfortably at their cost. A #i#sādhu#/i# is to speak to the householders about the naked truth of life so that they may come to their senses about the precarious life in material existence. Dhṛtarāṣṭra is a typical example of an attached old man in household life. He had become a pauper in the true sense, yet he wanted to live comfortably in the house of the Pāṇḍavas, of whom Bhīma especially is mentioned because personally he killed two prominent sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, namely Duryodhana and Duḥśāsana. These two sons were very much dear to him for their notorious and nefarious activities, and Bhīma is particularly pointed out because he killed these two pet sons. Why was Dhṛtarāṣṭra living there at the house of the Pāṇḍavas? Because he wanted to continue his life comfortably, even at the risk of all humiliation. Vidura, therefore, was astonished how powerful is the urge to continue life. This sense of continuing one's life indicates that a living being is eternally a living entity and does not want to change his bodily habitation. The foolish man does not know that a particular term of bodily existence is awarded to him to undergo a term of imprisonment, and the human body is awarded, after many, many births and deaths, as a chance for self-realization to go back home, back to Godhead. But persons like Dhṛtarāṣṭra try to make plans to live there in a comfortable position with profit and interest, for they do not see things as they are. Dhṛtarāṣṭra is blind and continues to hope to live comfortably in the midst of all kinds of reverses of life. A #i#sādhu#/i# like Vidura is meant to awaken such blind persons and thus help them go back to Godhead, where life is eternal. Once going there, no one wants to come back to this material world of miseries. We can just imagine how responsible a task is entrusted to a #i#sādhu#/i# like Mahātmā Vidura.
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