Shloka 5
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
ये वै राजान: पाण्डवायोधनाय समानीता: शृण्वतां चापि तेषाम् । यथा समग्रं वचन मयोक्तं सहामात्यं श्रावयेथा नृपं तत्
sañjaya uvāca |
ye vai rājānaḥ pāṇḍavāyodhanāya samānītāḥ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi teṣām |
yathā samagraṃ vacanaṃ mayoktaṃ sahāmātyaṃ śrāvayethā nṛpaṃ tat ||
Sanjaya berkata: “Biarlah para raja yang telah dihimpunkan untuk berperang melawan Pandava turut mendengar. Tepat sebagaimana aku telah menyampaikan seluruh pesanan itu, demikianlah engkau harus membuat raja itu (Duryodhana) mendengarnya, bersama para menterinya.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes responsible transmission of counsel: a message concerning war and policy should be delivered fully, accurately, and in the hearing of relevant stakeholders (the king and his ministers, and even allied kings), underscoring accountability and the ethical weight of public speech in governance.
Sanjaya reports instructions about how a complete statement is to be announced before the Kaurava leadership. The setting is the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war diplomacy, where messages are formally conveyed to Duryodhana in the presence of his ministers and the assembled allied rulers.