Shloka 36

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly

Devanagari script

अभ्यागच्छति दाशाहें प्रज्ञाचक्षुनरिश्वर: । सहैव द्रोणभीष्माभ्यामुदतिष्ठन्महायशा:,ब्छ्खटाए- 00 - >खऋू | दशाहईनन्दन श्रीकृष्णके आते ही महायशस्वी प्रज्ञाचक्षु राजा धृतराष्ट्र भीष्म और द्रोणाचार्यके साथ ही उठ गये थे

Transliteration

abhyāgacchati dāśārhe prajñācakṣur nariśvaraḥ | sahaiva droṇabhīṣmābhyām udatiṣṭhan mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

When Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) approached, the renowned king Dhṛtarāṣṭra—though blind, yet ‘seeing’ through understanding—rose at once, together with Bhīṣma and Droṇa. The scene underscores the court’s formal respect for Kṛṣṇa’s moral and political stature, even as the kingdom stands on the brink of war.

Word by Word

• अभ्यागच्छति: approaches/comes near
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आ-गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: Lat (present), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• दशाहे: on the tenth day / in the ten-day period
• दशाहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशाह
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• प्रज्ञाचक्षुः: having wisdom as (his) eyes; wise-sighted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञाचक्षुस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नृश्वरः: lord of men; king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृश्वर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• द्रोणभीष्माभ्याम्: with Drona and Bhishma
• द्रोणभीष्माभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण + भीष्म
• Form: masculine, instrumental, dual

• उदतिष्ठत्: rose up/stood up
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-स्था
• Form: Lan (imperfect), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• महायशाः: the greatly renowned (one)
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Dāśārha)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (prajñācakṣuḥ nariśvaraḥ)
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇācārya