Shloka 5

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly

Devanagari script

तत उत्थाय दाशाह ऋषभ: सर्वसात्वताम्‌ | सर्वमावश्यकं चक्रे प्रातःकार्य जनार्दन:,तब समस्त यदुवंशियोंके शिरोमणि दशार्हनन्दन श्रीकृष्णने शय्यासे उठकर प्रात:कालका समस्त आवश्यक कर्म क्रमश: सम्पन्न किया

Transliteration

tata utthāya dāśārha ṛṣabhaḥ sarva-sāttvatām | sarvam āvaśyakaṁ cakre prātaḥ-kāryaṁ janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Puis Janārdana —le premier des Dāśārhas et le meilleur de tous les Sāttvatas— se leva de sa couche et, selon l’ordre prescrit, accomplit tous les devoirs coutumiers de l’aurore.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

उत्थायhaving risen

दाशार्हःthe Dāśārha (Krishna)

ऋषभःthe bull/foremost (best one)

सर्वसात्वताम्of all the Sātvatas (Yādavas)

सर्वम्all

आवश्यकम्necessary (duties)

चand

चक्रेdid, performed

प्रातःकार्यmorning-duty (what is to be done in the morning)

जनार्दनःJanārdana (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Dāśārhas

Sāttvatas

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 highlights dharmic steadiness: even a leader engaged in momentous negotiations should maintain daily discipline and obligatory conduct. Kṛṣṇa’s orderly completion of morning duties models self-governance, which supports ethical clarity in public action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, described as the foremost among the Dāśārhas and Sāttvatas, rises and completes the prescribed morning routines. This sets a composed, purposeful tone before the ensuing political and war-related developments of the Udyoga Parva.