Shloka 7
नकुल: सहदेवश्व धृष्टद्युम्नश्व॒ पार्षत:
Nakulaḥ Sahadevaś ca Dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca Pārṣataḥ
Vaiśampāyana said: Nakula and Sahadeva, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna—the son of Pārṣata (Drupada)—were also present and arrayed there, named among the leading figures in the unfolding preparations.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of collective responsibility: key warriors and leaders are named as part of a larger alliance, implying that decisions leading toward war are borne not by one person alone but by an assembled community of duty-bound actors.
Vaiśampāyana lists prominent figures—Nakula, Sahadeva, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (identified by the epithet Pārṣata)—as present/engaged in the ongoing mobilization and alignment of forces and leadership in the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war developments.