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December 2022

Mahamana Vidur

By C. N. Vaze, Chartered Accountant
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In the Mahabharata, the Pandavas’ father was Pandu, who was the King. After his death, his elder brother, Dhritarashtra, became the King of Hastinapur. He was blind. Their third and youngest brother was Vidur, recognised as a very knowledgeable philosopher. He was born of a female slave

Vidur is believed to be the incarnation of ‘Yama’ – Lord of Justice, who dispenses justice after one’s death. Vidur was an ardent and favourite devotee of Shrikrishna. He was Dhritarashtra’s principal minister, but stayed like a monk outside the palace. When Krishna visited Hastinapur before the great war, he preferred to stay at Vidur’s cottage and not as Duryodhana’s guest.

The reason for remembering Vidur in today’s times is his qualities of selflessness and fearlessness and his adherence to the ‘truth’. Our profession is conce
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