Shloka 6
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 47 — Arjuna’s Deterrent Declaration
Sañjaya’s Report
यथा नून॑ देवराजस्य देवा: शुश्रूषन्ते वज्हस्तस्य सर्वे । तथाशृण्वन् पाण्डवा: सृंजयाश्न किरीटिना वाचमुक्तां समर्थाम्
sañjaya uvāca | yathā nūnaṁ devarājasya devāḥ śuśrūṣante vajrahastasya sarve | tathāśṛṇvan pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayāś ca kirīṭinā vācam uktāṁ samarthām ||
Sanjaya berkata: “Seperti semua dewa dengan penuh kesungguhan melayani dan mendengar kata-kata Indra, raja para dewa yang memegang vajra, demikianlah para Pandava dan Sṛñjaya mendengar dengan tekun ucapan Arjuna si pemakai diadem—ucapan yang kuat dan berasas kukuh.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of attentive listening to a competent and authoritative speaker: when speech is samarthā (effective, well-founded), the proper response is śuśrūṣā—eager, disciplined attention—like the gods toward Indra.
Sañjaya describes the assembly’s reaction: the Pāṇḍavas and their Sṛñjaya allies are listening closely to Arjuna’s forceful, persuasive words, and Sañjaya frames their attention through a divine simile comparing Arjuna’s reception to Indra’s among the gods.