Shloka 6

अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः

Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance

Devanagari script

त्वमेव न: प्रियतमो5सि दूत इहागच्छेद्‌ विदुरो वा द्वितीय: । अभीक्षणदृष्टोडसि पुरा हि नस्त्वं धनंजयस्यात्मसम: सखासि,संजय! तुम्हीं हमारे अत्यन्त प्रिय हो। जान पड़ता है, दूसरे विदुरजी ही (दूत बनकर) यहाँ आ गये हैं। पहले भी तुम हमसे बारंबार मिलते रहे हो और धनंजयके तो तुम अपने आत्माके समान प्रिय सखा हो

Transliteration

tvam eva naḥ priyatamo 'si dūta ihāgacched viduro vā dvitīyaḥ | abhīkṣṇa-dṛṣṭo 'si purā hi nas tvaṃ dhanañjayasya ātma-samaḥ sakhāsi, saṃjaya ||

Translation

ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရက ပြောသည်– «စဉ္ဇယ၊ ငါတို့အတွက် အချစ်ဆုံး သံတမန်သည် သင်ပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ ဗိဒုရကိုယ်တိုင်က ဒုတိယသံတမန်အဖြစ် ဒီကို ရောက်လာသကဲ့သို့ပင် ထင်ရသည်။ အကြောင်းမူကား ယခင်ကလည်း သင်သည် ငါတို့နှင့် မကြာခဏ တွေ့ဆုံခဲ့ပြီး၊ ဓနဉ္ဇယ (အာర్జုန) အတွက်တော့ သင်သည် မိမိအသက်ဝိညာဉ်ကဲ့သို့ ချစ်ခင်ရသော မိတ်ဆွေဖြစ်သည်»။

Word by Word

• {'tvam eva': 'you alone, you indeed', 'naḥ': 'of us, to us', 'priyatamaḥ': 'most dear, most beloved', 'dūtaḥ': 'messenger, envoy', 'iha': 'here', 'āgacchet': 'has come / would come (idiomatically: has arrived)', 'viduraḥ': 'Vidura (wise counselor of the Kuru court)', 'vā': 'or

• also (here: as if/indeed)', 'dvitīyaḥ': 'second, another', 'abhīkṣṇam': 'repeatedly, again and again', 'dṛṣṭaḥ': 'seen

• met', 'purā': 'formerly, earlier', 'hi': 'indeed, for', 'dhanañjayaḥ': 'Dhanañjaya, Arjuna', 'ātma-samaḥ': 'equal to one’s own self

• as dear as oneself', 'sakhā': 'friend', 'asi': 'you are', 'saṃjaya': 'Sañjaya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s charioteer and narrator)'}

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sañjaya
• Vidura
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical diplomacy grounded in trust and character: a messenger is valued not merely for delivering words but for integrity, goodwill, and established relationships. Yudhiṣṭhira’s praise implies that truthful counsel and loyal friendship can serve dharma even amid looming conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations, Sañjaya arrives as an envoy from the Kuru court. Yudhiṣṭhira receives him warmly, saying Sañjaya is as dear as Vidura in wisdom and as dear to Arjuna as his own self, emphasizing Sañjaya’s trusted role in the tense diplomatic exchange.