yadopahuto bhavanam pravisto
mantraya prstah kila purvajena
athaha tan mantra-drsam variyan
yan mantrino vaidurikam vadanti
yada -- when; upahutah -- was called by; bhavanam -- the palace; pravistah -- entered; mantraya -- for consultation; prstah -- asked by; kila -- of course; purvajena -- by the elder brother; atha -- thus; aha -- said; tat -- that; mantra -- advice; drsam -- just suitable; variyan -- excellent; yat -- that which; mantrinah -- the ministers of state, or expert politicians; vaidurikam -- instructions by Vidura; vadanti -- do they say.
Political suggestions by Vidura are known as expert, just as, in modern times, Pandita Canakya is considered the authority in good counsel in both political and moral instructions.
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