Thus addressed by the Kuru chief, Vidura, who was conversant with the science of Profit, with the course of the world and with the real nature of thing, and endued with great intellect, spoke first these words, remembering the contents of the scriptures.
ततोऽर्थगतितत्त्वज्ञः प्रथमं प्रतिमानवान्। जगाद विदुरो वाक्यं धर्मशास्त्रमनुस्मरन्॥