Do good to the world and to your own race by abandoning him. It is said that an individuals should be abandoned for the sake of the family; a family should be abandoned for the sake of a village; a village should be abandoned for the sake of a country and the world should be abandoned for the sake of the soul.” Having been thus addressed by Vidura and the Brahmanas, the king, out of affection (for the son) did not act accordingly.
एकेन कुरु वै क्षेमं कुलस्य जगतस्तथा। त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे ग्रामस्यार्थे कुलं त्यजेत्॥ ग्रामं जनपदस्यार्थे आत्मार्थे पृथिवीं त्यजेत्। स तथा विदुरेणोक्तस्तैश्च सर्वैद्विजोत्तमैः॥ न चकार तथा राजा पुत्रस्नेहसमन्वितः। ततः पुत्रशतं पूर्ण धृतराष्ट्रस्य पार्थिव॥