Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दूरादेव तमालोक्य कृष्णो राजा च धर्मज: । चत्वार: पाण्डवाश्वैव ते च शारद्वतादय:,श्रीकृष्ण, धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिर, अन्य चारों पाण्डव तथा कृपाचार्य आदि सब लोग दूरसे ही उन्हें देखकर अपने-अपने रथसे उतर गये और चंचल मनको काबूमें करके सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंको एकाग्र कर वहाँ बैठे हुए महामुनियोंकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुए

Transliteration

dūrād eva tam ālokya kṛṣṇo rājā ca dharmajaḥ | catvāraḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva te ca śāradvatādayaḥ ||

Translation

దూరం నుంచే ఆయనను చూచి శ్రీకృష్ణుడు, ధర్మరాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు, మిగిలిన నలుగురు పాండవులు మరియు శారద్వతుడు (కృపాచార్యుడు) మొదలైన పెద్దలు—అందరూ తమ తమ రథాల నుండి దిగారు.

Word by Word

दूरात्from afar

एवindeed/just

तम्him

आलोक्यhaving seen

कृष्णःKrishna

राजाthe king

चand

धर्मजःDharma's son (Yudhishthira)

चत्वारःfour

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

एवalso/indeed

तेthey

चand

शारद्वतSharadvata (Kripa)

आदयःand others, etc.

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Pāṇḍavas

Śāradvata (Kṛpa/Kṛpācārya)

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 dharmic conduct through humility and inner discipline: true respect for spiritual elders is shown not only by outward gestures (dismounting, attending) but by restraining the mind and concentrating the senses, making oneself fit to receive instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira, the other Pāṇḍavas, and elders like Kṛpa see an important person (and the assembly of great sages) from afar; they immediately get down from their chariots and approach with controlled minds and focused senses to sit near the sages and render service.