Resumo de 7. Vidura: Mahabharata

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Sage Mandavya spent his time practising austerities and

following the path of truth. One day, as he was
immersed in

silent meditation, a gang of bandits ran into his

hermitage, pursued by the king?s security staff. The

bandits conveniently hid their booty in the sage?s hut
and

also hid themselves therein. Mandavya, deep in
meditation,

was oblivious of what had happened, so much so that he
did

not even hear the interrogation of the commander of the

royal team. The king?s staff, therefore, entered the
sage?s

hut, where they discovered the plundered goods. The

commander concluded that the sage was not only an
impostor

but also the leader of the robbers, and on return,
reported

to the king what they thought was true.

The king, carried away with anger, ordered his
commander to

impale the man, who he thought was the chieftain of the

bandits, without verifying the facts. The commander
acted

as instructed, returned with the stolen goods and
handed

them back at the royal warehouse.

Mandavya, though in a precarious state, was still alive

thanks to the powers of yoga and meditation. Meanwhile,

other sages gathered around and the word spread.

The king, learning of the latest developments, rushed
to

the forest and ordered his attendants to disengage the

spear that pierced the sage?s trunk. He then prostrated
at

the yogi?s feet in submission of the guilt he had

unknowingly committed.

Mandavya, whose thought process was working in a
different

direction, ignored the king, went and met Lord Dharma
and

asked him what sin he had committed to be inflicted
with

the punishment that he had undergone. Dharma, the
dispenser

of justice, failed to come up with a satisfactory

explanation to vindicate the severity of the
punishment.

Therefore, sage Mandavya uttered a curse on Dharma that
the

latter must go through a life cycle in the mortal world.

Lord Dharma was thus born of the maidservant of
Ambalika,

Vichitravirya?s wife. He was the famous Vidura, who
later

grew up to excel in the scriptures and statesmanship.

Bhishma had appointed Vidura as the chief counsellor of

Dhritarashtra.

Vidura had kept no stone unturned to abort the Battle
of

Kurukshetra, but eventually the machinations of the

Kauravas had prevailed.

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