Shloka 51

अध्याय ९ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति राजनित्युपदेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Counsel on Royal Policy to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट्रश्न तद्वाक्यमभिपूज्य पुन: पुन:,धृतराष्ट्रने भी बारंबार साम्बके वचनोंकी सराहना की और सब लोगोंसे सम्मानित होकर धीरे-धीरे सबको विदा कर दिया। उस समय सबने उन्हें शुभ दृष्टिसे ही देखा

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭras tu tad vākyam abhipūjya punaḥ punaḥ | sarvān saṃmānya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ sarvān visasarja ha | tadā taṃ sarva-bhūtāni śubha-dṛṣṭyāiva paśyatha ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—धृतराष्ट्रस्तद्वाक्यमभिपूज्य पुनः पुनः। प्रशशंस च तं भूयो भूयः सर्वेषु सन्निधौ॥ स सर्वान् सम्मान्य विधिवत् शनैः शनैरविसर्जयत्। तदा तं सर्वभूतानि शिवदृष्ट्या न्यवीक्षत॥

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra

तत्that

वाक्यम्speech, statement

अभिपूज्यhaving honored, having praised

पुनःagain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

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?

Even after immense conflict, dharma is upheld through restraint, respectful speech, and honoring others; reconciliation is expressed through courteous conduct and auspicious regard rather than renewed hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra repeatedly commends the words spoken to him, respectfully acknowledges everyone present, and then gradually dismisses the assembly; the onlookers respond by viewing him with a benign, auspicious gaze.