Shloka 2
Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 58 — Saṃjaya’s Audience and Kṛṣṇa’s Deterrent Counsel (संजय-प्रवेशः कृष्णवाक्यं च)
संजय उवाच शृणु राजन् यथा दृष्टौ मया कृष्णधनंजयौ । ऊचतुश्चापि यद् वीरौ तत् ते वक्ष्यामि भारत
sañjaya uvāca śṛṇu rājan yathā dṛṣṭau mayā kṛṣṇadhanaṃjayau | ūcatuś cāpi yad vīrau tat te vakṣyāmi bhārata ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ, കേൾക്കുക; ഞാൻ കൃഷ്ണനെയും ധനഞ്ജയനെയും എങ്ങനെ കണ്ടുവോ അതുപോലെ തന്നെ പറയുന്നു. ഹേ ഭാരതാ, ആ രണ്ടു വീരന്മാർ പറഞ്ഞതും ഞാൻ നിനക്കു വിവരിക്കും.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds responsible narration: Sañjaya, as a witness, commits to report faithfully what he saw and heard. Ethically, it emphasizes attentive listening by the ruler and the value of truthful testimony in moments when decisions about dharma and war are imminent.
Sañjaya addresses King Dhṛtarāṣṭra and introduces his report: he has seen Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna together and will now recount both their appearance/meeting and the words spoken by the two heroes.