Shloka 6

Devanagari script

यौ तावर्जुन शिष्यौ ते प्रियौ बहुमतौ सदा,इति श्रीमहा भारते मौसलपर्वणि अर्जुनवसुदेवसंवादे षष्ठो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

yau tāv arjuna śiṣyau te priyau bahumatāu sadā | iti śrīmahābhārate mauśalaparvaṇi arjunavasudevasaṃvāde ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

Васудева сказал: «Те двое твоих учеников, Арджуна, всегда были тебе дороги и высоко тобой почитались». Так в «Махабхарате», в «Маусала-парве», в беседе Арджуны и Васудевы завершается шестая глава.

Word by Word

यौwhich two

तौthose two

अर्जुनO Arjuna

शिष्यौdisciples (two)

तेof you / your

प्रियौdear (two)

बहुमतौhighly esteemed / much approved (two)

सदाalways

इतिthus

श्रीin the venerable (as honorific)

महाgreat

भारतेin the Bharata (Mahabharata)

मौसलof the Mausala (named)

पर्वणिin the book/section (parva)

अर्जुनin (the section concerning) Arjuna

वसुदेवand Vasudeva

संवादेin the dialogue

षष्ठःsixth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

वसुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Vasudeva

Mahābhārata

Mausala Parva

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical value of honoring worthy disciples: affection (priya) and esteem (bahumata) are presented as enduring bonds grounded in recognition of merit and loyalty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasudeva addresses Arjuna, referring to “those two disciples” who are dear and respected by him; the line is followed by a colophon marking the end of the sixth chapter of the Mausala Parva within the Arjuna–Vasudeva dialogue.