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Shloka 12

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly

Devanagari script

ततो रथेन शुभ्रेण महता किड्किणीकिना । हयोत्तमयुजा शीघ्रमुपातिषछ्तत दारुक:

Transliteration

tato rathena śubhreṇa mahatā kiṅkiṇīkinā | hayottamayujā śīghram upātiṣṭhata dārukaḥ ||

Translation

そのときダールカは、主に仕えるために素早く参上し、光り輝く壮大な戦車を携えて到来した。小さな鈴がちりんと鳴り、優れた駿馬がその車を牽いていた。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

रथेनby/with a chariot

शुभ्रेणbright, shining

महताgreat, huge

किङ्किणीकिणाhaving small bells (jingling ornaments)

हयोत्तमयुजाyoked with excellent horses

शीघ्रम्quickly

उपातिष्ठत्stood near; presented himself; attended

दारुकःDāruka (Krishna’s charioteer)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dāruka

ratha (chariot)

haya (horses)

kiṅkiṇī (tinkling bells)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic readiness: a servant or attendant should respond promptly and with disciplined respect, bringing the proper means (here, the well-prepared chariot) for the task at hand—an ethical model of responsible service.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Dāruka quickly arrives to attend, bringing a magnificent, bell-adorned chariot yoked with excellent horses—signaling immediate preparation for the next royal or strategic movement.