Vidura

Family: Kurus · Role: wise man · First appears: Book I (The Tournament) · I. The Gathering

Life events

Vidura carried out the mandate to prepare for the tournament.(Book I (The Tournament) · I. The Gathering)
- “Then the good and wise Vidura unto his duties bound, Drona, blessed with skill and wisdom, measured out the tourney ground,”
Vidura revives Pritha with sandal-drops and sprinkled water.(Book I (The Tournament) · VI. The Rival Warriors)
- With: Pritha
- “Sandal-drops and sprinkled waters roused the woe-distracted dame,”
Vidura offers Pritha a home during the exile, and she is to stay with him.(Book IV (The Fatal Dice) · V. The Banishment)
- With: Pritha
- “Royal-born, unused to hardship, weak and long unused to roam, Aged is thy saintly mother, let fair Pritha stay at home. And by all beloved, respected, in my house shall Pritha dwell, Till your years of exile over, ye shall greet her safe and well.”
Yudhishthir and his brothers accept Vidura’s arrangement for Pritha.(Book IV (The Fatal Dice) · V. The Banishment)
- With: Yudhishthir
- “Answered him the sons of Pandu: “Be it even as you say, Unto us thou art a father, we thy sacred will obey,”
Vidura placed the women in chariots and left the palace hall.(Book XI (Funeral Rites) · I. Kuru Women visit the Battle-field · 📍 Hastina)
- “Good Vidura ever gentle whispered comfort unto all, Placed the dames within their chariots, left Hastina's palace hall!”

protégé: Pritha “Wise Vidura, true to duty, with an anxious hurry came, Sandal-drops and sprinkled waters roused the woe-distracted dame,”

protégé: Pritha “And by all beloved, respected, in my house shall Pritha dwell, Till your years of exile over, ye shall greet her safe and well.”

Extracted from the original text of Maha-bharata, The Epic of Ancient India. Made with Rho MD.