Shloka 1

Devanagari script

अपना छा अर: 2 अष्टाविशर्त्याधेकशततमो< ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका दुर्योधनको फटकारना और उसे कुपित होकर सभासे जाते देख उसे कैद करनेकी सलाह देना वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः प्रशम्य दाशार्ह: क्रोधपर्याकुलेक्षण: । दुर्योधनमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्‌ कुरुसंसदि

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tataḥ praśamya dāśārhaḥ krodha-paryākulekṣaṇaḥ | duryodhanam idaṃ vākyam abravīt kuru-saṃsadi ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。するとダーシャールハ（シュリー・クリシュナ）は、怒りに揺れる眼差しをなお残しつつも自らを抑え、クル族の सभाにおいてドゥルヨーダナに次の言葉を告げた。この場面は、挑発されてもなお公の場で節度ある言葉を選ぶという、クリシュナのダルマにかなう自制を示している。そこでは法と政治的責務が試されていたのである。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रशम्यhaving calmed (himself)

दाशार्हःthe Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

क्रोध-पर्याकुल-ईक्षणःwhose eyes were agitated by anger

दुर्योधनम्Duryodhana (as the addressed/target person)

इदम्this

वाक्यम्speech, words

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

कुरु-संसदिin the Kuru assembly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Duryodhana

Kuru-saṃsad (assembly of the Kurus)

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?

Even when righteous anger arises, dharma requires restraint and timely, measured speech—especially in public decision-making spaces where words can avert or ignite catastrophe.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Kuru court, Kṛṣṇa—still visibly angered but composed—turns to address Duryodhana, setting up a sharp admonition within the larger diplomatic effort preceding the war.