Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्मै पूजां प्रयोक्ष्यामि दाशार्हाय महात्मने । प्रत्यक्ष तव धर्मज्ञ तां मे कथयत: शृणु,धर्मज्ञ विदुर! मैं तुम्हारे सामने ही उन महात्मा श्रीकृष्णको जो पूजा दूँगा, उसे बताता हूँ, सुनो

Transliteration

tasmai pūjāṃ prayokṣyāmi dāśārhāya mahātmane | pratyakṣaṃ tava dharmajña tāṃ me kathayataḥ śṛṇu dharmajña vidura |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “I shall offer worship to that great-souled Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa). O Vidura, knower of dharma, listen as I describe—right here in your presence—the worship I intend to perform.”

Word by Word

• {'tasmai': 'to him

• unto that person (dative singular)', 'pūjām': 'worship

• ceremonial reception', 'prayokṣyāmi': 'I shall perform/offer (future, 1st person singular)', 'dāśārhāya': 'to the Dāśārha

• an epithet of Kṛṣṇa (descendant of the Daśārha/Yādava line)', 'mahātmane': 'to the great-souled one

• noble person (dative singular)', 'pratyakṣam': 'directly

• before one’s eyes', 'tava': 'of you

• to you (addressing Vidura)', 'dharmajña': 'knower of dharma

• one skilled in righteousness and right conduct', 'tām': 'that (worship/act) (accusative singular feminine)', 'me': 'by me

• my', 'kathayataḥ': 'as (I am) telling/describing (present participle, genitive singular)', 'śṛṇu': 'listen (imperative, 2nd person singular)', 'vidura': 'Vidura (vocative)'}

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vidura
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid political crisis, proper honor (pūjā) to a virtuous guest and reverence for dharma are presented as essential royal duties; Dhṛtarāṣṭra frames his intended action through Vidura’s dharma-aware witness.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy setting, Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses Vidura and announces that he will honor Śrī Kṛṣṇa with formal worship, asking Vidura to listen as he describes the arrangements in Vidura’s presence.