Shloka 1

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief, Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation, and Vyāsa’s Admonition (युधिष्ठिरशोक-निवारणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अपना छा | अत-४-#क+ द्वितीयो<ध्याय: श्रीकृष्ण और व्यासजीका युधिष्ठिरको समझाना वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु राज्ञा स धृतराष्ट्रेण धीमता । तूष्णीं बभूव मेधावी तमुवाचाथ केशव:

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | evam uktas tu rājñā sa dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa dhīmatā | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva medhāvī tam uvācātha keśavaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: When the wise king Dhṛtarāṣṭra had spoken thus, the intelligent Yudhiṣṭhira remained silent. Then Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) addressed him—signaling that counsel grounded in dharma and clarity must follow grief-stricken quiet.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'evam uktas', 'meaning': 'having been spoken to thus

• addressed in that manner'}, {'term': 'rājñā', 'meaning': 'by the king'}, {'term': 'dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa', 'meaning': 'by Dhṛtarāṣṭra'}, {'term': 'dhīmatā', 'meaning': 'wise, discerning'}, {'term': 'tūṣṇīm', 'meaning': 'in silence

• silently'}, {'term': 'babhūva', 'meaning': 'became

• remained'}, {'term': 'medhāvī', 'meaning': 'intelligent

• endowed with insight'}, {'term': 'tam', 'meaning': 'him (i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)'}, {'term': 'uvāca', 'meaning': 'said

• spoke'}, {'term': 'atha', 'meaning': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'keśavaḥ', 'meaning': 'Keśava, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Silence born of inner conflict or grief is not the final response for a dharmic ruler; wise guidance must intervene so that action and understanding align with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks, Yudhiṣṭhira does not reply and remains quiet; seeing this, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) begins to address Yudhiṣṭhira, initiating a clarifying counsel.