[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 1.192.26 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 1.192.26 Mahābhārata 1.192.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.192.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.192.26) saṃnidhau vidurasya tvāṃ vaktuṃ nṛpa na śaknuvaḥ | viviktamiti vakṣyāvaḥ kiṃ tavedaṃ cikīrṣitam || 26 || > "Vaisampayana continued, 'Having heard these words of the monarch, Vidura said, 'O king, let thy understanding remain so without change for a hundred years!' Having said this Vidura returned to his own abode. Then, O monarch, there came unto Dhritarashtra, Duryodhana and the son of Radha, Karna. Addressing the monarch, they said, 'We cannot, O king, speak of any transgression in the presence of Vidura! We have now found thee alone, and will, therefore, say all we like! What is this that thou hast, O monarch, desired to do? Dost thou regard the prosperity of thy foes as if it were thy own, that thou hast been applauding the Pandavas, O foremost of men, in the presence of Vidura? O sinless one, thou actest not, O king, in the way thou shouldst! O father, we should now act every day in such a way as to weaken (the strength of) the Pandavas. The time hath come, O father, for us to take counsel together, so that the Pandavas may not swallow us all with our children and friends and relatives.'" > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 1.192.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.192.25) - [Next: 1.192.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.192.27) - [Up: 1.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.192) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.1.202.6) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.1.200.28) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.192.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.192.26) · Pramāṇa