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

ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「バーラタよ、汝は敵方と味方の政治の輪（同盟と勢力圏）を明らかに知り、また中立の諸王と仲裁に立つ者たちの輪も同様に把握せねばならぬ。」

Word by Word

• धृतराष्ट्रः: Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• धृतराष्ट्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मण्डलानि: circles/groups (political spheres)
• मण्डलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बुध्येथाः: you should understand/know
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• परेषाम्: of others/enemies
• परेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आत्मनः: of oneself/one's own
• आत्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उदासीनगणानाम्: of the neutral parties/groups
• उदासीनगणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदासीनगण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मध्यस्थानाम्: of the mediators/those standing in between
• मध्यस्थानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhārata (addressee)

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.