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Shloka 1

Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras

Udyoga Parva

Devanagari script

है ० बक। है २ >> षण्णवर्त्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: पाण्डवसेनाका युद्धके लिये प्रस्थान वैशम्पायन उवाच तथैव राजा कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्‌ वीरांश्वञोदयामास भारत

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tathaiva rājā kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhān vīrān samudyāmāsa bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “In the same manner, King Yudhiṣṭhira—the son of Kuntī and steadfast in dharma—also roused and dispatched the heroes led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, O Bhārata, commanding them to set out for war.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

राजाthe king

कौन्तेयःson of Kuntī

धर्मपुत्रःDharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna

वीरान्heroes, warriors

अनुafter, along; (as preverb) following

अचोदयामासurged on, commanded, set in motion

भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Janamejaya (implied by address 'Bhārata')

Kuntī

Dharma (as Yudhiṣṭhira's divine father, implied by 'dharmaputra')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a dharma-minded ruler must act decisively when duty demands it: Yudhiṣṭhira, though known for righteousness, assumes the responsibilities of kingship by organizing and directing his warriors toward the necessary course of action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, like others before him in the account, gives orders for the Pandava side’s warriors—headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna—to prepare and proceed for battle.