VIDHUR NITI

   

 

 
    - BOOK NAME: Vidhura Niti

     -WRITER:          Gitapress

     -PUBLISHER:    Gitapress

     -PAGES:              144

     -PRICE:          Rs.20

Vidhura Niti is a well-known and highly beneficial part of the Mahabharata.in these chapter, Mahatma Vidhura has explained to the King, Dhrtarastra sevetral issues relating to human welfare in this and the other world. the following extract consist of eight chapter (33-40)of the Udhoga Parva of the Mahabharata. Several Sanskrit commentaries have been published on the Vidhura Niti.

In these chapters,  while advising on the duties of a king, that is Raja Dharma, several other issues have been discussed in eye-catching detail. Some of these are:Polity, interaction, treatment of others, truthful behavior, Dharma, means to achieve  happiness and eschew actions that lead to suffering, discrimination between undesirable and desirable qualities, importance of renunciation, different facets of justice, Truth, Human welfare, forgiveness, non-violence, attributes of a friend, and consequences of ingratitude. The author has lucidly delineated the duties of a king while stressing upon the virtue of giving up greed.

Vidhura Niti will benefit the illiterateas well the learned, the adult, the aged and the young, the women, the rulers and the subject, the rich and the poor, the teacher as well as the student, those busy in serving other, and those desirous of living a clean and happy life.