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“Vaisampayana said, ‘Dhritarashtra replied saying, I desire to do exactlywhat you would recommend. But I do not wish to inform Vidura of it evenby a change of muscle. It was, therefore, O son, that I was applaudingthe Pandavas in Vidura’s presence, so that he might not know even by asign what is in my mind. Now that Vidura hath gone away, this is thetime, O Suyodhana (Duryodhana), for telling me what thou hast hit upon,and what, O Radheya (Karna), thou too hast hit upon.’

महर्षि आयोदधौम्य अपनी विद्या, तपस्या और विचित्र उदारता के लिए बहुत प्रसिद्ध थे। वे ऊपर से तो अपने शिष्यों के प्रति अत्यंत कठोर थे, किंतु भीतर से शिष्यों को असीम स्नेह करते थे।