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Chapter 15.33 - Verse 16

Sanskrit Text

वायुभक्षो निराहारः कृशो धमनिसंततः कदाचिद्दृश्यते विप्रैः शून्येऽस्मिन्कानने क्वचित्

English Translation

Thus addressed, Dhritarashtra, answered king Yudhishthira, saying, O son, Vidura is well. He is practising austere penances living on air alone, for he abstains from all other food. He is emaciated and his arteries and nerves have become visible. Sometimes he is seen in this empty forest by Brahmanas.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वायुभक्षो | निराहारः | कृशो | धमनिसंततः
कदाचिद् | दृश्यते | विप्रैः | शून्ये | ऽस्मिन् | कानने | क्वचित्