Shloka 1

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief, Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation, and Vyāsa’s Admonition (युधिष्ठिरशोक-निवारणोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अपना छा | अत-४-#क+ द्वितीयो<ध्याय: श्रीकृष्ण और व्यासजीका युधिष्ठिरको समझाना वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तस्तु राज्ञा स धृतराष्ट्रेण धीमता । तूष्णीं बभूव मेधावी तमुवाचाथ केशव:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं-जनमेजय! बुद्धिमान्‌ राजा धृतराष्ट्रके ऐसा कहनेपर भी मेधावी युधिष्ठिर चुप ही रहे। तब भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने कहा--

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | evam uktas tu rājñā sa dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa dhīmatā | tūṣṇīṃ babhūva medhāvī tam uvācātha keśavaḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。賢王ドリタラーシュトラがそのように述べ終えると、聡明なるユディシュティラは沈黙したままであった。そこでケーシャヴァ（シュリー・クリシュナ）が彼に語りかけた――悲嘆に沈む沈黙の後には、ダルマに根ざした明晰な訓戒が続かねばならぬことを示すかのように。

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'evam uktas', 'meaning': 'having been spoken to thus

• addressed in that manner'}, {'term': 'rājñā', 'meaning': 'by the king'}, {'term': 'dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa', 'meaning': 'by Dhṛtarāṣṭra'}, {'term': 'dhīmatā', 'meaning': 'wise, discerning'}, {'term': 'tūṣṇīm', 'meaning': 'in silence

• silently'}, {'term': 'babhūva', 'meaning': 'became

• remained'}, {'term': 'medhāvī', 'meaning': 'intelligent

• endowed with insight'}, {'term': 'tam', 'meaning': 'him (i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)'}, {'term': 'uvāca', 'meaning': 'said

• spoke'}, {'term': 'atha', 'meaning': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'keśavaḥ', 'meaning': 'Keśava, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa'}]

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Silence born of inner conflict or grief is not the final response for a dharmic ruler; wise guidance must intervene so that action and understanding align with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks, Yudhiṣṭhira does not reply and remains quiet; seeing this, Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) begins to address Yudhiṣṭhira, initiating a clarifying counsel.