Shloka 1

Dvārakāyāṃ Sāhāyya-vibhāgaḥ (Alliance Allocation at Dvārakā) / उद्योगपर्व अध्याय ७

Devanagari script

ऑपन--माजल बछ। अ>-छऋाज सप्तमो<ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका दुर्योधन तथा अर्जुन दोनोंको सहायता देना वैशम्पायन उवाच पुरोहितं ते प्रस्थाप्य नगरं नागसाह्दयम्‌ | दूतान्‌ प्रस्थापयामासु: पार्थिवेभ्यस्ततस्ततः,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! पुरोहितको हस्तिनापुर भेजकर पाण्डवलोग यत्र-तत्र राजाओंके यहाँ अपने दूतोंको भेजने लगे

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | purohitaṁ te prasthāpya nagaraṁ nāgasāhvayam | dūtān prasthāpayāmāsuḥ pārthivebhyas tataḥ tataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó Janamejaya, depois de enviarem adiante o seu sacerdote familiar à cidade chamada Nāgasāhvaya (Hastināpura), os Pāṇḍavas começaram a despachar emissários em todas as direções, aos diversos reis.”

Word by Word

• {'Vaiśampāyana uvāca': 'Vaiśampāyana said', 'purohitaṁ': 'family priest

• royal chaplain', 'te': 'they (the Pāṇḍavas)', 'prasthāpya': 'having sent forth

• having dispatched', 'nagaram': 'city', 'nāgasāhvayam': '‘named Nāga’

• epithet of Hastināpura', 'dūtān': 'messengers

• envoys', 'prasthāpayāmāsuḥ': 'they set in motion

• they began to dispatch', 'pārthivebhyaḥ': 'to kings

• to rulers (lit. ‘lords of the earth’)', 'tataḥ tataḥ': 'here and there

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• purohita (royal priest)
• dūta (envoy/messenger)
• Nāgasāhvaya (Hastināpura)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights responsible kingship through orderly counsel and diplomacy: before decisive action, rulers should consult trusted religious-ethical advisors (purohita) and pursue alliances through legitimate envoys, reflecting dharma-guided statecraft rather than impulsive force.

What is happening in the narrative?

At the opening of this chapter in the Udyoga Parva, the Pāṇḍavas begin formal preparations by sending their priest to Hastināpura and dispatching messengers to various kings, seeking support and shaping the political landscape as conflict approaches.