Shloka 90

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization

Devanagari script

विष्वक्सेन कुरून्‌ गत्वा भरताञउ्छमय प्रभो । यथा सर्वे सुमनस: सह स्याम सुचेतस:,विष्वकूसेन प्रभो! आप कुरुदेशमें जाकर भरत-वंशियोंको शान्त कीजिये, जिससे हम सब लोग शुद्ध हृदयसे प्रसन्नचित्त होकर एक साथ रह सकें

Transliteration

Viṣvaksena kurūn gatvā bharatān śamaya prabho | yathā sarve sumanasaḥ saha syāma sucetasaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Herr Viṣvaksena, geh zu den Kurus und besänftige die Verwandten aus dem Geschlecht der Bharatas, damit wir alle zusammen leben können—eines Sinnes—mit geläutertem Herzen und gefestigtem Verstand.“

Word by Word

विष्वक्सेनO Viṣvaksena (name of the addressed person)

कुरून्the Kurus

गत्वाhaving gone

भरतान्the Bharatas (descendants of Bharata)

शमयpacify, calm (them)

प्रभोO lord

यथाso that, in such a way that

सर्वेall

सुमनसःgood-minded, cheerful

सहtogether

स्यामmay we be

सुचेतसःclear-minded, of good understanding

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Viṣvaksena

Kurus

Bharatas

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?

Even amid looming conflict, the dharmic priority is to seek reconciliation: calming anger and restoring shared, clear-minded harmony is presented as the ethical aim before resorting to force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Viṣvaksena and urges him to go to the Kuru/Bharata relatives to soothe tensions, hoping that all parties can remain together with peaceful minds rather than fracture into war.