Shloka 1

Devanagari script

है ० बक। है २ >> षण्णवर्त्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: पाण्डवसेनाका युद्धके लिये प्रस्थान वैशम्पायन उवाच तथैव राजा कौन्तेयो धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर: । धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्‌ वीरांश्वञोदयामास भारत,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! इसी प्रकार कुन्तीनन्दन धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरने भी धृष्टद्युम्न आदि वीरोंको युद्धके लिये जानेकी आज्ञा दी

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tathaiva rājā kaunteyo dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhān vīrān samudyāmāsa bhārata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «De même, le roi Yudhiṣṭhira—fils de Kuntī, inébranlable dans le dharma—ranima et dépêcha les héros conduits par Dhṛṣṭadyumna, ô Bhārata, leur donnant l’ordre de partir pour la guerre.»

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

राजाthe king

कौन्तेयःson of Kuntī

धर्मपुत्रःDharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

धृष्टद्युम्नमुखान्headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna

वीरान्heroes, warriors

अनुafter, along; (as preverb) following

अचोदयामासurged on, commanded, set in motion

भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Janamejaya (implied by address 'Bhārata')

Kuntī

Dharma (as Yudhiṣṭhira's divine father, implied by 'dharmaputra')

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a dharma-minded ruler must act decisively when duty demands it: Yudhiṣṭhira, though known for righteousness, assumes the responsibilities of kingship by organizing and directing his warriors toward the necessary course of action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, like others before him in the account, gives orders for the Pandava side’s warriors—headed by Dhṛṣṭadyumna—to prepare and proceed for battle.