Shloka 46

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly

Devanagari script

तेषु तत्रोपविष्टेषु गृहीतार्ष्यषु भारत

Transliteration

teṣu tatropaviṣṭeṣu gṛhītārṣyeṣu bhārata

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Bhārata, when they were seated there, having taken up the sacred, r̥ṣi-sanctioned observances (and preparations)…”

Word by Word

• तेषु: among them / in them
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• उपविष्टेषु: when (they) were seated / among those seated
• उपविष्टेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपविष्ट
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• गृहीतार्ष्येषु: among those who had received/accepted the ṛṣi-status (or: the sage’s vow/discipline)
• गृहीतार्ष्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृहीतार्ष्य
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata (Janamejaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line frames the scene through a locative-absolute construction, emphasizing that significant counsel and action should proceed after proper seating, order, and the undertaking of r̥ṣi-approved (ārṣya) observances—signaling respect for dharma and tradition before decisive events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana sets the stage: the participants are seated in the assembly, and the prescribed sacred/traditional preliminaries have been taken up; the narration is about to move into the next action or speech that follows this formal preparation.