Shloka 5

Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 31 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Instructions to Sañjaya

Peace Appeal and Five-Village Proposal

Devanagari script

द्वाःस्थ उवाच संजयो<5थ भूमिपते नमस्ते दिदृक्षया द्वारमुपागतस्ते । प्राप्तो दूत: पाण्डवानां सकाशात्‌ प्रशाधि राजन्‌ किमयं करोतु,द्वारपालने कहा--महाराज! आपको नमस्कार है। पाण्डवोंके पाससे लौटे हुए दूत संजय आपके दर्शनकी इच्छासे द्वारपर खड़े हैं। राजन! आज्ञा दीजिये, ये संजय क्या करें?

Transliteration

dvāḥstha uvāca — sañjayo ’tha bhūmipate namas te didṛkṣayā dvāram upāgatas te | prāpto dūtaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ sakāśāt praśādhi rājan kim ayaṃ karotu ||

Translation

Penjaga pintu berkata: “Wahai tuanku, penguasa bumi, sembah takzim hamba. Sañjaya telah tiba di pintu gerbang tuanku, ingin menghadap. Utusan ini datang dari hadapan para Pāṇḍava. Perintahkanlah, wahai raja—apakah yang harus dilakukannya?”

Word by Word

• {'dvāḥsthaḥ': 'doorkeeper, gate-attendant', 'uvāca': 'said, spoke', 'atha': 'then, thereupon', 'bhūmipate': 'O lord of the earth (king)', 'namas te': 'salutations to you', 'didṛkṣayā': 'with the desire to see (you)', 'dvāram': 'the gate, doorway', 'upāgataḥ': 'has come, arrived', 'sañjayaḥ': 'Sañjaya (messenger/courtier)', 'prāptaḥ': 'arrived, reached', 'dūtaḥ': 'messenger, envoy', 'pāṇḍavānām': 'of the Pāṇḍavas', 'sakāśāt': 'from the presence of, from near', 'praśādhi': 'be pleased to आदेश/command

• decide', 'rājan': 'O king', 'kim': 'what', 'ayam': 'this (man)', 'karotu': 'should do'}

Speaker

द्वाःस्थ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dvārāsthā (doorkeeper)
• Sañjaya
• Bhūmipati (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even at the brink of conflict, dharma is upheld through orderly conduct: a messenger is announced respectfully, the king is asked to decide, and communication is given a formal, ethical channel rather than impulsive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the royal gate, the doorkeeper informs the king that Sañjaya—returning from the Pāṇḍavas as their envoy—has arrived seeking an audience, and asks the king for instructions on how to receive him.