Shloka 8

अध्याय ६६: संजयेन जनार्दन-प्रभाववर्णनम्

Sañjaya on Janārdana’s Decisive Sovereignty

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच इत्युक्तेन च गान्धारी व्यासश्चात्राजगाम ह । आनीतीौ विदुरेणेह सभां शीघ्र प्रवेशितो,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! संजयके ऐसा कहनेपर (धृतराष्ट्रकी प्रेरणासे) गान्धारी तथा महर्षि व्यास वहाँ आये। विदुरजी उन्हें यहाँ बुलाकर ले आये और सभाभवनमें शीघ्र ही उनका प्रवेश कराया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ity uktena ca gāndhārī vyāsaś cātrājagāma ha | ānītau vidureṇeha sabhāṁ śīghraṁ praveśitau |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「サンジャヤがそのように述べると、ガーンダーリーと聖仙ヴィヤーサがそこへ来た。ヴィドゥラに召され、伴われて、二人はただちに議場へと導き入れられた——宮廷が重大な決断へと向かう中、長老たちが急ぎ関与するしるしであった。」

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

इतिthus

उक्तेनby (these) words / by what was said

चand

गान्धारीGāndhārī

व्यासःVyāsa

चand

अत्रhere / there (in that place)

आजगामcame

हindeed (emphatic particle)

आनीतौthe two (were) brought

विदुरेणby Vidura

इहhere

सभाम्the assembly hall

शीघ्रम्quickly

प्रवेशितौthe two (were) made to enter / ushered in

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Sañjaya

Gāndhārī

Vyāsa

Vidura

Sabhā (assembly hall)

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?

In moments of moral and political crisis, dharma is sought through the presence of elders and truth-speaking counselors. The swift summoning of Gāndhārī and Vyāsa underscores urgency and the need for higher ethical insight before irreversible actions.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Sañjaya’s report, Gāndhārī and the sage Vyāsa arrive. Vidura brings them and promptly leads them into the royal assembly, preparing the court for consequential counsel amid escalating conflict.