Shloka 6
Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras
Udyoga Parva
दिदेश तान्यनीकानि प्रयाणाय महीपति: । तेषां युधिछ्ठिरो राजा ससैन्यानां महात्मनाम्
dideśa tāny anīkāni prayāṇāya mahīpatiḥ | teṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā sa-sainyānāṃ mahātmanām ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: The lord of the earth commanded those battle-formations to set out. Among the great-souled warriors with their armies, King Yudhiṣṭhira went foremost—showing a deliberate march, bound to duty, toward the conflict ahead, not a rash plunge into war.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic leadership in crisis: a king does not act impulsively but organizes and directs forces with responsibility, indicating that even in war, order, restraint, and accountability are ethical necessities.
The narrator states that the king commands the military divisions to depart. In that mobilization of great warriors and their troops, Yudhiṣṭhira is identified as the leading royal figure among them as the march toward confrontation begins.