विदुर उवाच तस्य शीलनिधे: साधोर्ब्रह्मण्यस्य महात्मन: । राज्ञ: कथमभूद्दुष्टा प्रजा यद्विमना ययौ ॥ २१ ॥
vidura uvaca tasya sila-nidheh sadhor brahmanyasya mahatmanah rajnah katham abhud dusta praja yad vimana yayau
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura said
- tasya
- of him (Anga)
- sila-nidheh
- reservoir of good characteristics
- sadhoh
- saintly person
- brahmanyasya
- lover of brahminical culture
- mahatmanah
- great soul
- rajnah
- of the king
- katham
- how
- abhut
- it was
- dusta
- bad
- praja
- son
- yat
- by which
- vimanah
- being indifferent
- yayau
- he left.
Vidura inquired from the sage Maitreya: My dear brahmana, King Anga was very gentle. He had high character and was a saintly personality and lover of brahminical culture. How is it that such a great soul got a bad son like Vena, because of whom he became indifferent to his kingdom and left it?