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Vidura (Sanskrit: विदुर, vidūra) was half-brother to Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical In the Mahābhārata Dhritarashtra ( Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र dhritarāshtra) was the son born to Vichitravirya 's first wife In the Mahābhārata epic Pandu ( Sanskrit: पाण्डु is the son of Vichitravirya and his second wife Ambalika from Vyasa He was a son of a maid-servant who served the queens of Hastinapura, Ambika and Ambalika. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Hastinapur (हस्तिनापुर (Hastinapura in Sanskrit) is a town and a Nagar panchayat Ambika (अम्बिका was the daughter of King of Kashi and wife of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur. Ambalika (अम्बालिका was the daughter of King of Kashi and the wife of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur. In some accounts, he was an incarnation of Yama or Dharma Raja, who was cursed by the sage, Mandavya, for imposing punishment on him that exceed the sin. This article is about the deity Yama in Hinduism For yama in the sense of a code of conduct see Yamas.
Both queens were married to King Vichitravirya of Hastinapur, who died childless. Vichitravirya ( Sanskrit: विचित्रवीर्य vichitravīrya) in the Hindu epic Mahabharata is the younger son of queen Vichitravirya's mother Satyavati was anxious to ensure that the royal line was carried on. Satyavati ( Sanskrit: सत्यवती is the great-grandmother of the Pandava and Kaurava princes principal characters of the Mahābhārata She called upon her other son Vyasa, to go to the beds of the two queens to father children. Vyāsa ( Devanāgarī: व्यास is a central and revered figure in the majority of Hindu traditions Vyasa was a hermit, and came to the palace, unkempt as he was. He went to Ambika who closed her eyes when she saw him, and to Ambalika who became pale. Ambika (अम्बिका was the daughter of King of Kashi and wife of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur. Ambalika (अम्बालिका was the daughter of King of Kashi and the wife of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur. Hence the children they bore were blind and weak.
When Satyavati asked Vyasa to go to Ambika's bed again, to ensure that there would be children, she placed her maid-servant instead in her bed. The maid-servant was not frightened. Hence her son was not born flawed like his half-brothers. Thus, Vidura was born who was raised as brother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu. In the Mahābhārata Dhritarashtra ( Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र dhritarāshtra) was the son born to Vichitravirya 's first wife In the Mahābhārata epic Pandu ( Sanskrit: पाण्डु is the son of Vichitravirya and his second wife Ambalika from Vyasa
With his half-brothers he was raised and educated by Bhishma, whom they called father. Bhishma: One of the strongest characters of the Mahabharata. He was the great-uncle of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas A unparalleled archer he once
As he had no royal blood, he was never considered for, or had any chance of obtaining the throne of the kingdom. He served his brothers as a minister.
After Krishna, he was the most trusted advisor to the Pandavas and had warned them repeatedly about Duryodhana's plots. Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari kṛṣṇa in IAST, ˈkr̩ʂɳə in classical Sanskrit is a deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism In the Hindu epic Mahābhārata, the Pandava (or Pandawa brothers ( Sanskrit: पाण्डव pāṇḍavaḥ are the five acknowledged sons of In the Hindu epic the Mahābhārata, Duryodhana (दुर्योधन is the eldest son of the blind king Dhritarashtra by Queen Gandhari In particular, he warned the Pandavas from Duryodhana's plan to burn them alive in a house of wax he had made for them. He was known for speaking the truth and for his intelligence.
Vidura is famous also for being a true devotee of Lord Krishna. When the latter visited Hastinapura as a peace missary of the Pandavas, he shunned Duryodhana's offer to stay in his stately guesthouse, instead choosing the humble dwellings of Vidura. In the Hindu epic the Mahābhārata, Duryodhana (दुर्योधन is the eldest son of the blind king Dhritarashtra by Queen Gandhari
In protest against the Mahabharata war, Vidura resigned from the post of minister.
After the great battle, he helped Yudhishtira when he became ruler. In the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, Yudhisthira ( Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर yudhiṣṭhira) the eldest son of King Later, he accompanied Dhritarashtra, and his sisters-in-law Gandhari, and Kunti, when they left on their last journey to the forest. In the Mahābhārata Dhritarashtra ( Sanskrit: धृतराष्ट्र dhritarāshtra) was the son born to Vichitravirya 's first wife Kunti ( Sanskrit: कुंती is the mother of the eldest three of the Pandava brothers from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. He died before his companions, on the banks of the Ganga. The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent
Vidura is considered as the Mahachohan in the Theosophical world. Mahachohan is said to be the chief of a Social Hierarchy of the trans-Himalayan mystics. [1]
References
- ^ Parvathi Kumar, K. , Wisdom Teachings of Vidura, 1997, Dhanishta
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