Shloka 1
सेनापति-निर्णयः तथा पाण्डवसेनायाः कुरुक्षेत्रगमनम्
Decision on Command and the Pandavas’ March to Kurukshetra
अपन हू< बक। है २ >> पजञज्चाशर्दाधिकशततमोब ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका कौरवोंके प्रति साम, दान और भेदनीतिके प्रयोगकी असफलता बताकर दण्डके प्रयोगपर जोर देना वायुदेव उवाच एवमुक्ते तु भीष्मेण द्रोणेन विदुरेण च । गान्धार्या धृतराष्ट्रेण न वै मन्दो<न्वबुद्धयत,भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं--राजन्! भीष्म, द्रोण, विदुर, गान्धारी तथा धृतराष्ट्रके ऐसा कहनेपर भी मन्दबुद्धि दुर्योधनको तनिक भी चेत नहीं हुआ
vāyudeva uvāca | evam ukte tu bhīṣmeṇa droṇena vidureṇa ca | gāndhāryā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa na vai mando 'nvabudhyata ||
Vāyudeva said: Even after Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Vidura, Gāndhārī, and Dhṛtarāṣṭra had spoken thus, the dull-witted Duryodhana did not come to understanding in the least.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right counsel alone does not reform a person whose intellect is clouded by pride and fixation. The verse highlights ethical responsibility in governance: ignoring dharmic advice leads to escalation from conciliation to coercion and ultimately to conflict.
Multiple elders and well-wishers—Bhīṣma, Droṇa, Vidura, along with Gāndhārī and Dhṛtarāṣṭra—have offered admonition, yet Duryodhana remains unmoved and fails to grasp the warning. This sets the stage for the breakdown of peaceful resolution in the Udyoga Parva.