Shloka 6

धृतराष्ट्रस्य पश्चात्तापः तथा वनप्रस्थानानुज्ञा | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Remorse and Request for Forest-Retirement

Devanagari script

कृताहारं कृताहारा: सर्वे ते विदुरादय: । पाण्डवाश्व कुरुश्रेष्ठमुपातिष्ठन्त तं नूपम्‌

Transliteration

kṛtāhāraṁ kṛtāhārāḥ sarve te vidurādayaḥ | pāṇḍavāś ca kuruśreṣṭham upātiṣṭhanta taṁ nṛpam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem sie ihr Mahl beendet hatten, standen sie alle—beginnend mit Vidura—zusammen mit den Pāṇḍavas jenem König bei, dem Vornehmsten der Kurus, und dienten ihm.

Word by Word

• कृताहारम्: having taken food / fed
• कृताहारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताहार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृताहाराः: having taken food
• कृताहाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विदुरादयः: Vidura and others
• विदुरादयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुरादि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कुरुश्रेष्ठम्: the best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपातिष्ठन्त: they attended / waited upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vidura
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kuruśreṣṭha (foremost of the Kurus)
• nṛpa (the king)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline and humility: after completing basic needs (food), the righteous course is respectful attendance and service to elders and rightful authority, reflecting self-restraint and social-ethical order even in austere circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

After eating, Vidura and the others, along with the Pāṇḍavas, go to attend upon the Kuru king—standing by him in service and respect—indicating a formal, dutiful gathering around the senior royal figure during the forest-dwelling phase.