Shloka 7
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १२५: दुर्योधनस्य प्रत्युत्तरम्
Duryodhana’s Reply in the Kuru Assembly
नकुल: सहदेवश्व धृष्टद्युम्नश्व॒ पार्षत:
Nakulaḥ Sahadevaś ca Dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca Pārṣataḥ
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നകുലൻ, സഹദേവൻ, കൂടാതെ പാർഷതൻ (ദ്രുപദപുത്രൻ) ധൃഷ്ടദ്യുമ്നനും അവിടെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of collective responsibility: key warriors and leaders are named as part of a larger alliance, implying that decisions leading toward war are borne not by one person alone but by an assembled community of duty-bound actors.
Vaiśampāyana lists prominent figures—Nakula, Sahadeva, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (identified by the epithet Pārṣata)—as present/engaged in the ongoing mobilization and alignment of forces and leadership in the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war developments.