Shloka 24

Devanagari script

संयज उवाच इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य केशवस्य महात्मन: । धर्मपुत्र: प्रह्ष्टात्मा दाशा्ई वाक्‍्यमत्रवीत्‌,संजय कहते हैं--राजन! महात्मा श्रीकृष्णका यह वचन सुनकर धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिरका चित्त प्रसन्न हो गया। उन्होंने भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णसे वार्तालाप आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

saṃjaya uvāca—iti śrutvā vacas tasya keśavasya mahātmanaḥ | dharmaputraḥ prahṛṣṭātmā dāśārhaṃ vākyam abravīt ||

Translation

Saṃjaya sprach: „O König! Als Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira) diese Worte des großherzigen Keśava vernahm, wurde er innerlich froh. Mit erhobenem Herzen begann er zu Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) zu sprechen und eröffnete ein Gespräch—ein Zeichen erneuter Klarheit und dharmischer Standhaftigkeit inmitten des Kriegsdrucks.“

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

वचःspeech, words

तस्यof him

केशवस्यof Keshava (Krishna)

महात्मनःof the great-souled

धर्मपुत्रःDharma's son (Yudhishthira)

प्रहृष्टात्माwith delighted mind

तदाthen

वाक्यम्a statement, words

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṃjaya

Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Dāśārha (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right counsel from a wise and virtuous guide steadies the mind: when Yudhiṣṭhira hears Kṛṣṇa’s words, his inner turmoil gives way to clarity and confidence, enabling him to engage in purposeful, dharma-aligned dialogue even in the midst of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saṃjaya reports to the king that after listening to Kṛṣṇa (Keśava), Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra) becomes pleased at heart and begins speaking to Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha), marking the start of a conversation following Kṛṣṇa’s preceding statement.