Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s1.30

c8.s1.30

If again an honest prince would apprehend imprisonment or secret death at the hands of his father, he might ally himself with a good *sāmanta* chieftain, contract influential marriages, collect an army and win over parties in the state. When the Pāṇḍavās were sent on the *vāranāvada-yātra* with the ultimate design on the part of Duryodhana to bring about their destruction, Vidura scented the danger awaiting them and made mention of it to the Pāṇḍavās. Through a secret underground passage the latter escaped to the forests where