Shloka 1

Devanagari script

भीकम (2 अमान एकोनत्रिशर्दाधिकशततमो<् ध्याय: धृतराष्ट्रका गान्धारीको बुलाना और उसका दुर्योधनको समझाना वैशम्पायन उवाच कृष्णस्य तु वच: श्रुत्वा धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वर: । विदुरं सर्वधर्मज्ञं त्वरमाणो5भ्यभाषत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! श्रीकृष्णका यह कथन सुनकर राजा धुृतराष्ट्रने सम्पूर्ण धर्मोके ज्ञाता विदुरसे शीघ्रतापूर्वक कहा--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kṛṣṇasya tu vacaḥ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ | viduraṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ tvaramāṇo 'bhyabhāṣata ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Al oír las palabras de Kṛṣṇa, el rey Dhṛtarāṣṭra—señor de los hombres—se apresuró a dirigirse a Vidura, conocedor de todo dharma. La escena se aparta del consejo de Kṛṣṇa para mostrar la ansiosa búsqueda del rey por guía ética, señalando el conflicto interior de Dhṛtarāṣṭra y la urgencia de obrar rectamente en vísperas de la catástrofe.

Word by Word

कृष्णस्यof Krishna

तुbut/indeed

वचःspeech/words

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra

जन-ईश्वरःlord of people (king)

विदुरम्Vidura

सर्व-धर्म-ज्ञम्knower of all dharmas

त्वरमाणःhastening

अभ्यभाषतspoke to/addressed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Vidura

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When crisis nears, a ruler must urgently seek guidance from those grounded in dharma; ethical clarity should precede political action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing Kṛṣṇa’s statement, Dhṛtarāṣṭra quickly turns to Vidura for counsel, indicating anxiety and the need for a dharma-based response amid escalating conflict.