Spoke, O king, these words addressing the son of Vasudeva, even on the field of battle. "Surely the high-minded Vidura of great wisdom divined before hand this dreadful destruction of the Kurus and the Pandavas. It he was therefore that forbade king Dhritarashtra.
अब्रवीत् समरे राजन् वासुदेवमिदं वचः। इदं नूनं महाप्राज्ञो विदुरो दृष्टवान् पुरा॥ कुरूणा पाण्डवानां च क्षयं घोरं महामतिः। स ततो निवारितवान् धृतराष्ट्र जनेश्ररम्॥