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Vidura was Ambika’s maid’s son and an incarnation of Yamadharmaraya. He was born along with Pandu and Dhritarashtra.He was unequalled in righteousness and an expert in ethics. In fact, even Bhisma used to consult him on various matters. Vidura married Parasavi, King Devaka’a daughter. His guidance to Kunti and the Pandavas was invaluable. He helped the Pandavas to escape from the burning lac palace. Vidura gave very valuable advice to the Kauravas too but they did not take it the way the Pandavas did. Accordingly, he dissuaded Dhritharashtra from organizing the game of dice as he saw the beginning of disaster in that move. Even half way through the game, he begged the king to stop it . His words of wisdom to Duryodhana and Dushasana also fell on deaf ears. He warned Dushasana that he was putting the hangman’s noose round his neck when he dragged Draupadi into the hall. When the Pandavas set off to the forest, Vidura instilled confidence into them. He again advised Dhritarashtra to give half the kingdom to the Pandavas on their return from the forest but the king remained unfazed; he left everything to fate. After the great war, when Dharmaraja became king, it was Vidura who became his advisor. After serving the young king, he went to the forest and became a mendicant. In the end, as he and Dharmaraja were both children of Yamadharmaraya, he became one with Dharmaraja. His last rites were not performed as he had been leading a sanyasi’s life. Thus he went to the heavenly abode known as santhanika. Our other books here can be searched using #BharathaSamskruthiPrakashana

This edition is about a great saint, one of the prominent figures in the history of Mahabharata, a duty-bound affectionate youngest brother of Dhritarashtra, the pure devotee of the Lord and an incarnation of Yamaraja, Mahatma Vidura. NBS # 15 Features:- 1)The Birth Of ViduraMahabharata 2) Animandavya Curses YamarajaMahabharata 3) No One Equal To ViduraMahabharata 4) Partiality Towards The PandavasMahabharata 5) Vidura Goes For PilgrimageSrila Sukadeva Goswami 6) Vidura’s Returning To HastinapurSrila Suta Goswami 7)Vidura Was Never A ShudraHis Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

The Mahabharata is the more recent of India's two great epics, and by far the longer. First composed by the Maharishi Vyasa in verse, it has come down the centuries in the timeless oral tradition of guru and sishya, profoundly influencing the history, culture, and art of not only the Indian subcontinent but most of south-east Asia. At 100,000 couplets, it is seven times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey combined: far and away the greatest recorded epic known to man. The Mahabharata is the very Book of Life: in its variety, majesty and, also, in its violence and tragedy. It has been said that nothing exists that cannot be found within the pages of this awesome legend. The epic describes a great war of some 5000 years ago, and the events that led to it. The war on Kurukshetra sees ten million warriors slain, brings the dwapara yuga to an end, and ushers in a new and sinister age: this present kali yuga, modern times. At the heart of the Mahabharata nestles the Bhagavad Gita, the Song of God. Senayor ubhayor madhye, between two teeming armies, Krishna expounds the eternal dharma to his warrior of light, Arjuna. At one level, all the restless action of the Mahabharata is a quest for the Gita and its sacred stillness. After the carnage, it is the Gita that survives, immortal lotus floating upon the dark waters of desolation: the final secret With its magnificent cast of characters, human, demonic, and divine, and its riveting narrative, the Mahabharata continues to enchant readers and scholars the world over. This new rendering brings the epic to the contemporary reader in sparkling modern prose. It brings alive all the excitement, magic, and grandeur of the original - for our times.

NBS#17 Features:- 1) Vidura questions Uddhava Srila Sukadeva Goswami 2) The Most exalted Personality in the Vrishni DynastySriman Purnaprajna Dasa 3) Uddhava remembers KrishnaSrila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur 4) Uddhava guides Vidura to take shelter of Maitreya RishiSrila Sukadeva Goswami 5) Why did Uddhava refuse to become the Spiritual Master of Vidura?His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada 6) Why did Krishna send Uddhava to Badrikashrama?Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakur 7) Who is Maitreya Rishi?Srila Krishna-Dvaipayana Vyasa