Shloka 3
दुर्योधनं समासाद्य सामात्यं भरतर्षभ । दुःखारतों भरतश्रेष्ठमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
duryodhanaṃ samāsādya sāmātyaṃ bharatarṣabha | duḥkhārto bharataśreṣṭham idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai banteng di antara kaum Bharata, setelah menghampiri Duryodhana yang duduk bersama para menterinya, si yang dilanda dukacita itu berkata kepada yang terkemuka di antara Bharata dengan kata-kata berikut.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how sorrow and agitation can propel political actors toward impulsive counsel and factional decision-making; it foreshadows ethically charged choices where emotion, not dharma, may dominate deliberation.
The narrator describes a distressed figure approaching Duryodhana, who is seated with his advisers, and beginning to speak—introducing the next exchange in the Sabha Parva’s unfolding conflict.