Shloka 25

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ८१: कृष्णस्य दूतप्रयाणम्

Udyoga Parva, Chapter 81: Krishna Sets Out as Envoy

Devanagari script

जीवत्सु पाण्डुपुत्रेषु प्चालेष्वथ वृष्णिषु | दासीभूतास्मि पापानां सभामध्ये व्यवस्थिता,पाण्डवों, पांचालों और यदुवंशियोंके जीते-जी मैं पापी कौरवोंकी दासी बनी और उसी रूपमें सभाके बीच मुझे उपस्थित होना पड़ा

Transliteration

jīvatsu pāṇḍuputreṣu pāñcāleṣv atha vṛṣṇiṣu | dāsībhūtāsmi pāpānāṃ sabhāmadhye vyavasthitā ||

Translation

પાંડુપુત્રો, પાંચાલો અને વૃષ્ણિઓ જીવતા હોવા છતાં તે પાપીજનોએ મને દાસી બનાવી રાજસભાના મધ્યમાં ઊભી રાખી।

Word by Word

जीवत्सुwhile (they are) alive; among the living

पाण्डु-पुत्रेषुamong the sons of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas)

पाञ्चालेषुamong the Pāñcālas

अथand then; also

वृष्णिषुamong the Vṛṣṇis (Yādavas)

दासी-भूताhaving become a slave-woman; enslaved

अस्मिI am

पापानाम्of the sinful (ones)

सभा-मध्येin the midst of the assembly

व्यवस्थिताstanding/placed; made to remain (present)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍuputras (Pāṇḍavas)

Pāñcālas

Vṛṣṇis

sabhā (royal assembly/court)

Kauravas (implied by 'pāpānām' in context)

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 the ethical catastrophe that occurs when a society’s guardians of dharma allow injustice in public institutions: even with righteous and powerful protectors alive, wrongdoing can prevail if courage and moral responsibility fail in the assembly.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker recalls being forced into a state of servitude and made to stand in the royal court by sinful opponents, despite the continued existence of the Pāṇḍavas and their allies (the Pāñcālas and Vṛṣṇis), emphasizing the public nature of the insult and the court’s complicity.