Shloka 55

Devanagari script

द्रोणाय धृतराष्ट्राय विदुराय कृपाय च । भ्रातृणां चैव सर्वेषां येडनुरक्ता युधिष्ठिरे,तदनन्तर पुरुषोतम राजा युधिष्ठिरने भीष्म, द्रोणाचार्य, धृतराष्ट्र, विदुर, कृपाचार्य तथा दुर्योधन आदि सब भाइयों एवं अपनेमें अनुराग रखनेवाले अन्य जो लोग वहाँ रहते थे, उन सबको बुलानेके लिये पाण्डुपुत्र नकुलको हस्तिनापुर भेजा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | droṇāya dhṛtarāṣṭrāya vidurāya kṛpāya ca | bhrātṝṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ ye ’nura ktā yudhiṣṭhire |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: (Yudhiṣṭhira sent word) to Droṇa, to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, to Vidura, and to Kṛpa, and likewise to all his brothers and to all others who were devoted to Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

द्रोणायto Drona

धृतराष्ट्रायto Dhritarashtra

विदुरायto Vidura

कृपायto Kripa

चand

भ्रातृणाम्of the brothers

चand

एवindeed/just

सर्वेषाम्of all

येwho (those who)

अनुरक्ताःattached/devoted

युधिष्ठिरेin/unto Yudhishthira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Droṇa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Vidura

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Bhīṣma

Duryodhana

Nakula

Hastināpura

Kuru brothers (Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas, implied by 'bhrātṝṇām')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid political tension, Yudhiṣṭhira acts through dharma: he honors elders and seeks orderly counsel by formally summoning teachers, guardians, and kinsmen, showing that legitimate action is grounded in respect, procedure, and relationship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira arranges a gathering: he has Nakula go to Hastināpura to call Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Vidura, Kṛpa, Duryodhana, the brothers, and other well-wishers devoted to him.