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Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अफड--रू--> द्विषष्ट्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: धर्मके विषयमें आगम-प्रमाणकी श्रेष्ठता

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktavati vākye tu kṛṣṇe devakīnandane | bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ bhūyaḥ paryapṛcchad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : Lorsque Kṛṣṇa, la joie de Devakī, eut ainsi prononcé ces paroles, Yudhiṣṭhira interrogea de nouveau Bhīṣma, fils de Śantanu, afin d’obtenir plus de clarté sur les règles du dharma et la juste conduite.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तवतिwhen (he) had spoken / in (him) who had spoken

वाक्यम्speech, statement

तुbut/and (emphatic)

कृष्णेin/when Krishna

देवकीनन्दनेin the son of Devaki

भीष्मम्Bhishma

शान्तनवम्son of Shantanu

भूयःagain, once more

पर्यपृच्छत्asked, inquired

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Devakī

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma

Śantanu

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?

The verse frames a dharma-inquiry: after Kṛṣṇa’s counsel, Yudhiṣṭhira turns again to Bhīṣma as an authoritative elder to refine understanding of dharma, its reliable sources, and the norms of proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that once Kṛṣṇa has finished speaking, Yudhiṣṭhira resumes questioning Bhīṣma, continuing the extended instruction on ethical and religious duties characteristic of the Anuśāsana Parva.