Shloka 1
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५ (कृष्णनीति: न्यायशम-उपदेशः; विराट-द्रुपदयोः सैन्यसमाह्वानम्)
अत--णक+ पञठ्चमो<ध्याय: भगवान् श्रीकृष्णका द्वारकागमन
vāyudeva uvāca | upapannam idaṃ vākyaṃ somakānāṃ dhuraṃdhare | arthasiddhikaraṃ rājñaḥ pāṇḍavasyāmitaujasaḥ ||
വായുദേവൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സോമകവംശത്തിലെ ധുരന്ധര വീരനു യോജിച്ചതാണ് ഈ വാക്ക്. അമിതതേജസ്സുള്ള പാണ്ഡവരാജാവിന്റെ അഭീഷ്ടകാര്യസിദ്ധി വരുത്തുന്നതിന് ഇതു ശേഷിയുള്ളതാണ്.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Speech and counsel should be both dharmically appropriate and practically effective; well-grounded advice is praised because it can accomplish rightful aims even in tense political circumstances.
Vāyudeva endorses a proposal attributed to a Somaka champion (contextually linked with Drupada/Pañcāla), affirming that the counsel is suitable and will help the powerful Pāṇḍava king (Yudhiṣṭhira) achieve his intended objective as alliances and war preparations intensify.