Shloka 1
Chapter 49: Sañjaya’s Enumeration of the Pāṇḍava Coalition (पाण्डवसैन्यसमागम-वर्णनम्)
ऑपनक्रा छा अर क्ााज पज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: संजयद्वारा युधिष्ठटिरके प्रधान सहायकोंका वर्णन धृतराष्ट उवाच किमसौ पाण्डवो राजा धर्मपुत्रो5भ्यभाषत । श्रुत्वेह बहुला: सेना: प्रीत्यर्थ न: समागता:,धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--संजय! हमारी प्रसन्नता और सहायताके लिये यहाँ हस्तिनापुरमें बहुत-सी सेना एकत्र हो गयी है, यह समाचार सुनकर पाण्डवराज धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिरने क्या कहा? इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि संजयवाक्ये पठ्चाशत्तमो<ध्याय: ।। ५० || इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत उद्योगपर्वके अन्तर्गत यानसंधिपर्वमें संजयवाक्यविषयक पचासवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ५० ॥/ ऑपनआ कराता बछ। जि एकपज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: भीमसेनके पराक्रमसे डरे हुए धृतराष्ट्रका विलाप धृतराष्ट उवाच सर्व एते महोत्साहा ये त्वया परिकीर्तिता: । एकतत्त्वेव ते सर्वे समेता भीम एकत:ः
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | kim asau pāṇḍavo rājā dharmaputro 'bhyabhāṣata | śrutveha bahulāḥ senāḥ prītyarthaṃ naḥ samāgatāḥ ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, when King Yudhiṣṭhira—the son of Dharma among the Pāṇḍavas—heard that many troops have assembled here at Hastināpura for our satisfaction and support, what did he say?”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical-political tension: power gathers as armies, yet the dhārmic king’s response (Yudhiṣṭhira’s) is treated as morally significant. It signals that in the Mahābhārata, the rightness of speech and intention amid militarization is a key measure of dharma.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya about Yudhiṣṭhira’s words after hearing that numerous forces have assembled at Hastināpura to support and please the Kaurava side. The verse functions as a lead-in to reporting Yudhiṣṭhira’s reaction and counsel in the unfolding pre-war diplomacy.