Shloka 1

अध्याय ६ — युधिष्ठिरस्य वैराग्य-वाक्यं धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनगमनाभिलाषश्च

Chapter 6: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Appeal and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Resolve for the Forest

Devanagari script

नफमशा (0) आस सऔ अत न षष्ठो 5 ध्याय: धृतराष्ट्द्वारा राजनीतिका उपदेश धघतयाट्र उवाच मण्डलानि च बुध्येथा: परेषामात्मनस्तथा । उदासीनगणानां च मध्यस्थानां च भारत

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | maṇḍalāni ca budhyethāḥ pareṣām ātmanaḥ tathā | udāsīnagaṇānāṃ ca madhyasthānāṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

Dijo Dhṛtarāṣṭra: «Oh Bhārata, debes comprender con claridad los círculos políticos (alianzas y esferas de influencia) de tus enemigos y de tu propio bando, y asimismo los de los reyes neutrales y de las partes mediadoras.»

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मण्डलानि: circles/groups (political spheres)
• मण्डलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बुध्येथाः: you should understand/know
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• परेषाम्: of others/enemies
• परेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आत्मनः: of oneself/one's own
• आत्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उदासीनगणानाम्: of the neutral parties/groups
• उदासीनगणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदासीनगण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मध्यस्थानाम्: of the mediators/those standing in between
• मध्यस्थानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhārata (addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler (or leader) must discern the full alliance-map: enemies, one’s own supporters, neutrals, and mediators. Ethical governance requires informed judgment about relationships and interests before acting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra begins a counsel on political conduct (rājanīti/rajadharma), instructing the addressed Bhārata to understand the surrounding ‘circles’ of powers—hostile, friendly, neutral, and intermediary—so decisions are made with clarity rather than impulse.