Shloka 5
राजसूयविचारः — Deliberation on the Rajasuya and the Summoning of Kṛṣṇa
शक्रस्य तु सभायां तु देवा: संकीर्तिता मुने । उद्देशतश्न गन्धर्वा विविधाक्ष महर्षय:
śakrasya tu sabhāyāṃ tu devāḥ saṃkīrtitā mune | uddeśataś ca gandharvā vividhākṣā maharṣayaḥ ||
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «Oh sabio, en tu relato de la asamblea de Śakra (Indra) has enumerado principalmente a los dioses. Solo de manera breve has indicado la presencia de ciertos Gandharvas de aspecto variado y de unos pocos grandes sabios. Háblame con mayor detalle de quienes estaban allí.»
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models disciplined inquiry: a righteous king listens carefully, notices imbalance or incompleteness in a report, and respectfully asks a sage for fuller detail—showing that governance and dharma rely on attentive hearing (śravaṇa) and precise understanding.
After hearing about Indra’s splendid court, Yudhiṣṭhira observes that the sage’s description focused mainly on the gods and only briefly mentioned Gandharvas and great seers; he therefore requests a more complete account of the other eminent beings present in that assembly.