स्वयं धनुर्द्वारि निधाय मायां र्भ्रातु: पुरो मर्मसु ताडितोऽपि । स इत्थमत्युल्बणकर्णबाणै- र्गतव्यथोऽयादुरु मानयान: ॥ १६ ॥
svayam dhanur dvari nidhaya mayam bhratuh puro marmasu tadito ’pi sa ittham atyulbana-karna-banair gata-vyatho ’yad uru manayanah
- svayam
- he himself
- dhanuh dvari
- bow on the door
- nidhaya
- keeping
- mayam
- the external nature
- bhratuh
- brother’s
- purah
- from the palace
- marmasu
- in the core of the heart
- taditah
- being afflicted
- api
- in spite of
- sah
- he (Vidura)
- ittham
- like this
- ati-ulbana
- severely
- karna
- ear
- banaih
- by the arrows
- gata-vyathah
- without being sorry
- ayat
- excited
- uru
- great
- mana-yanah
- so thinking.
Thus being pierced by arrows through his ears and afflicted to the core of his heart, Vidura placed his bow on the door and quit his brother’s palace. He was not sorry, for he considered the acts of the external energy to be supreme.