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Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अरी-क्रा (ट्रोणवधपर्व) चतुरशीत्यधिकशततमो<ध्याय: निद्रासे तल है सैनिकोंका अर्जुनके कहनेसे सो जाना और चन्द्रोदयके बाद पुन: उठकर युद्धमें लग जाना संजय उवाच व्यासेनैवमथोक्तस्तु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिर: । स्वयं कर्णवधादू वीरो निवृत्तो भरतर्षभ,संजय कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ] व्यासजीके ऐसा कहनेपर वीर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर स्वयं कर्णका वध करनेके विचारसे हट गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vyāsenaivam athoktas tu dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | svayaṃ karṇavadhād vīro nivṛtto bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Thus addressed by Vyasa, King Yudhishthira—steadfast in dharma—personally desisted from the resolve to slay Karna. O bull among the Bharatas, he withdrew from that intention, heeding the higher counsel that restrains even righteous anger amid war.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

व्यासेनby Vyasa

एवम्thus

अथthen

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

तुbut

धर्मराजःthe king of dharma (Yudhishthira)

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

स्वयम्himself

कर्णवधात्from (the idea of) killing Karna

वीरःthe hero

निवृत्तःdesisted / turned back

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Vyasa

Yudhishthira (Dharmaraja)

Karna

Bharatas (dynastic reference)

Dhritarashtra (implied addressee by vocative bharatarṣabha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a just war, dharma may require restraint: a righteous king should submit personal vengeance to higher counsel and moral order, turning back from an intention when guided by a sage.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Vyasa speaks to him, Yudhishthira abandons his personal resolve to kill Karna; Sanjaya reports this shift in intention to Dhritarashtra.