Shloka 1

उद्योगपर्व — विदुरोक्तिः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra Addressed on Sincerity, Hospitality, and Settlement

Devanagari script

अफ्-४#-कात जा षडशीतितमो<्ध्याय: लि पड भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी अगवानी करके उन्हें भेंट एवं दुःशासनके महलमें ठहरानेका विचार प्रकट करना धृतराष्ट उवाच उपप्लव्यादिह क्षत्तरुपायातो जनार्दन: । वृकस्थले निवसति स च प्रातरिहैष्यति

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | upaplav yād iha kṣattor upāyāto janārdanaḥ | vṛkasthale nivasati sa ca prātar iha eṣyati ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „O Vidura (kṣattṛ), ich habe vernommen, dass Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) von Upaplavya aufgebrochen ist und hierher kommt. Heute weilt er in Vṛkasthala, und morgen früh wird er diese Stadt erreichen.“

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhritarashtra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• उपप्लव्यात्: from Upaplavya
• उपप्लव्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव्य
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इह: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• क्षत्तः: O chamberlain (Vidura)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उपायातः: has come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृकस्थले: in Vṛkasthala
• वृकस्थले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकस्थल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निवसति: dwells/stays
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रातः: in the morning
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः

• इह: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• एष्यति: will come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Simple Future, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vidura
• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Upaplavya
• Vṛkasthala

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the ethical urgency of diplomacy before war: a ruler must heed wise counsel and receive peace-envoys properly, because timely dialogue can avert adharma and mass destruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra informs Vidura that Kṛṣṇa has departed from Upaplavya, is lodging at Vṛkasthala, and will reach the Kuru capital the next morning—setting the stage for Kṛṣṇa’s peace mission.