Shloka 2
Chapter 49: Sañjaya’s Enumeration of the Pāṇḍava Coalition (पाण्डवसैन्यसमागम-वर्णनम्)
किमसौ चेष्टते सूत योत्स्यमानो युधिष्ठिर: । के वास्य भ्रातृपुत्राणां पश्यन्त्याज्ञेप्सवो मुखम्,सूत! भविष्यमें होनेवाले युद्धके लिये उद्यत होकर राजा युधिष्ठिर कैसी तैयारी कर रहे हैं? उनके भाइयों और पुत्रोंमेंसे कौन-कौन-से लोग उनसे किसी कार्यके लिये आज्ञा पानेकी इच्छासे उनका मुँह जोहते रहते हैं?
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
kimasau ceṣṭate sūta yotsyamāno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
ke vāsyā bhrātṛputrāṇāṃ paśyanty ājñepsavo mukham, sūta ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sūta, what preparations is Yudhiṣṭhira making as he readies himself for the coming war? And among his brothers and his sons, who are those that keep their eyes fixed on his face, eager to receive his command for some task?”
धृतराष्ट उवाच