Shloka 73
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय 70: युधिष्ठिरस्य शान्त्युपायविचारः
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Deliberation on Peace-Means
जो तीनों लोकोंका निर्माण करनेवाले हैं, जिन्होंने देवताओं, असुरों, नागों तथा राक्षसोंको भी जन्म दिया है तथा जो ज्ञानी नरेशोंके प्रधान हैं, इन्द्रके छोटे भाई वामन- स्वरूप उन भगवान् श्रीकृष्णकी मैं शरण ग्रहण करता हूँ ।। इति श्रीमहाभारते उद्योगपर्वणि यानसंधिपर्वणि धृतराष्ट्रवाक्ये एकसप्ततितमो<ध्याय:
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | yo lokatraya-sraṣṭā devān asurān nāgān rākṣasāṃś ca janayitā jñānināṃ nṛpāṇāṃ pradhānaś ca indrasya kaniṣṭha-bhrātā vāmanasvarūpo bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇas taṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra berkata: “Aku berlindung pada Tuhan Śrī Kṛṣṇa—pencipta tiga alam, yang melahirkan para dewa, asura, nāga dan rākṣasa; yang terkemuka antara raja-raja bijaksana; dan sebagai adinda Indra, baginda pernah mengambil rupa Vāmana.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
When dharma is threatened and human judgment is clouded, the text presents taking refuge in the divine—here identified with Kṛṣṇa as cosmic creator and avatāra—as the highest recourse. The verse links ethical stability in kingship to acknowledging a transcendent moral order beyond mere political power.
In the Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy phase, Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks amid escalating tensions between the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas. By invoking Kṛṣṇa as Vāmana/Upendra and as the source of all beings, he frames Kṛṣṇa’s role as more than an envoy—he is the ultimate authority whose protection and guidance are sought as war approaches.