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Shloka 1

अध्याय ६ — युधिष्ठिरस्य वैराग्य-वाक्यं धृतराष्ट्रस्य वनगमनाभिलाषश्च

Chapter 6: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Renunciatory Appeal and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Resolve for the Forest

Devanagari script

नफमशा (0) आस सऔ अत न षष्ठो 5 ध्याय: धृतराष्ट्द्वारा राजनीतिका उपदेश धघतयाट्र उवाच मण्डलानि च बुध्येथा: परेषामात्मनस्तथा । उदासीनगणानां च मध्यस्थानां च भारत

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | maṇḍalāni ca budhyethāḥ pareṣām ātmanaḥ tathā | udāsīnagaṇānāṃ ca madhyasthānāṃ ca bhārata ||

Translation

धृतराष्ट्र बोले— भरतनन्दन! तुम्हें शत्रुओं के, अपने पक्ष के, उदासीन राजाओं के तथा मध्यस्थों के मण्डलों (राजनीतिक वृत्तों) का भली-भाँति ज्ञान रखना चाहिए।

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

उवाचsaid/spoke

मण्डलानिcircles/groups (political spheres)

चand

बुध्येथाःyou should understand/know

परेषाम्of others/enemies

आत्मनःof oneself/one's own

तथाlikewise/also

उदासीनगणानाम्of the neutral parties/groups

चand

मध्यस्थानाम्of the mediators/those standing in between

चand

भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Bhārata (addressee)

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?

A ruler (or leader) must discern the full alliance-map: enemies, one’s own supporters, neutrals, and mediators. Ethical governance requires informed judgment about relationships and interests before acting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra begins a counsel on political conduct (rājanīti/rajadharma), instructing the addressed Bhārata to understand the surrounding ‘circles’ of powers—hostile, friendly, neutral, and intermediary—so decisions are made with clarity rather than impulse.