SB 1.13.13
TEXT 13
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TEXT
नन्वप्रियं दुर्विषहं नृणां स्वयमुपस्थितम् ।
नावेदयत्सकरुणो दुःखितान्द्रष्टुमक्षमः ॥ १३ ॥ nanv apriyam durvisaham
nrnam svayam upasthitam
navedayat sakaruno
duhkhitan drastum aksamah
nanu-as a matter of fact; apriyam-unpalatable; durvisaham-unbearable; nrnam-of humankind; svayam-in its own way; upasthitam-appearance; na-did not; avedayat-expressed; sakarunah-compassionate; duhkhitan-distressed; drastum-to see; aksamah-unable.
TRANSLATION
Compassionate Mahatma Vidura could not stand to see the Pandavas distressed at any time. Therefore he did not disclose this unpalatable and unbearable incidence because calamities come of their own accord.
According to Niti-sastra (civic laws) one should not speak an unpalatable truth to cause distress to others. Distress comes upon us in its own way by the laws of nature, so one should not aggravate it by propaganda. For a compassionate soul like Vidura, especially in his dealings with the beloved Pandavas, it was almost impossible to disclose an unpalatable piece of news like the annihilation of the Yadu dynasty. Therefore purposely he refrained from it.
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