A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2079

c5.2079

VIDURA. A son of Vyāsa by a Sūdra slave girl, who took the place of his consort. Vidura was called Kshattri, a term ordinarily applied to the child of a Sūdra father and Brāhman mother. He enjoyed the character of the “wisest of the wise,” and gave good advice to both Kauravas and Pāndavas, but in the war he sided with the latter. See Mahā-bhārata.