Shloka 30
सहस्रपादं प्रासादं स्वप्रान्ते सम युधिष्ठिर: । अधिरोहन् मया दृष्ट: सह भ्रातृभिरच्युत,“अच्युत! मैंने स्वप्रके अन्तिम भागमें युधिष्ठिरकों एक हजार खंभोंवाले महलपर भाइयोंसहित चढ़ते देखा है
sahasrapādaṁ prāsādaṁ svaprānte sama yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | adhirohan mayā dṛṣṭaḥ saha bhrātṛbhir acyuta ||
Sañjaya said: “O Acyuta, I saw Yudhiṣṭhira, together with his brothers, ascending a palace supported by a thousand pillars, situated at the far end of his own precincts.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models responsible narration and ethical seriousness: Sañjaya reports what he has directly witnessed, emphasizing clarity and accountability in speech at a time when decisions about peace and war carry heavy dharmic consequences.
Sañjaya tells Kṛṣṇa (Acyuta) that he saw Yudhiṣṭhira, accompanied by his brothers, climbing up to a grand thousand-pillared palace located at the far end of their own precinct—an image suggesting a purposeful movement toward counsel, deliberation, or a significant meeting.