Thus addressed, Dhritarashtra, answered king Yudhishthira, saying, O son, Vidura is well. He is practising austere penances living on air alone, for he abstains from all other food. He is emaciated and his arteries and nerves have become visible. Sometimes he is seen in this empty forest by Brahmanas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तः प्रत्युवाचेदं धृतराष्ट्रो जनाधिपम्। कुशली विदुरः पुत्र तपो घोरं समाश्रितः॥ वायुभक्षो निराहारः कृशो धमनिसन्ततः। कदाचिद् दृश्यते विप्रैः शून्येऽस्मिन् कानने क्वचित्॥