Shloka 1
युद्धसंग्रहः
Kurukṣetra Campaign in Summary
जनमेजयने पूछा--द्विजश्रेष्ठ!] महायशस्वी महाबाहु भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने उत्तंकको वरदान देनेके पश्चात् क्या किया?,इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें श्रीकृष्णका द्वारकाप्रवेशविषयक उनसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ५९ ॥। (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ३ ३ “लोक मिलाकर कुल २४३ श्लोक हैं) #5-2८5 >> धन #* षष्टितमो< ध्याय: वसुदेवजीके पूछनेपर श्रीकृष्णका उन्हें महाभारत-युद्धका वृत्तान्त संक्षेपसे सुनाना वसुदेव उवाच श्रुतवानस्मि वार्ष्णेय संग्रामं परमाद्भुतम् । नराणां वदतां तत्र कथं वा तेषु नित्यश:
Janamejaya uvāca — Dvijaśreṣṭha! Mahāyaśasvī mahābāhu bhagavān Śrīkṛṣṇaḥ Uttamkāya varadānaṃ datvā tataḥ kiṃ cakāra?
Janamejaya berkata: “Wahai yang terbaik di antara para dwija! Setelah Bhagavān Śrī Kṛṣṇa yang termasyhur dan berlengan perkasa menganugerahkan anugerah kepada Uttanka, apakah yang beliau lakukan selanjutnya?”
जनमेजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse models dhārmic learning through disciplined inquiry: a king seeks clarity from a qualified teacher about the consequences and next steps following a divine act (the granting of a boon). It emphasizes that ethical understanding in the Mahābhārata unfolds through attentive questioning and sequential narration.
Janamejaya asks the narrator (addressed as ‘best of brāhmaṇas’) to continue the story: after Kṛṣṇa granted a boon to the ascetic Uttanka, what did Kṛṣṇa do next? The question functions as a transition cue to the subsequent events, traditionally connected with Kṛṣṇa’s movements and the unfolding aftermath of the war.