Shloka 6

Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras

Udyoga Parva

Devanagari script

दिदेश तान्यनीकानि प्रयाणाय महीपति: । तेषां युधिछ्ठिरो राजा ससैन्यानां महात्मनाम्‌

Transliteration

dideśa tāny anīkāni prayāṇāya mahīpatiḥ | teṣāṃ yudhiṣṭhiro rājā sa-sainyānāṃ mahātmanām ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—భూపతి ఆ సైన్యవ్యూహాలకు ప్రయాణ ఆజ్ఞ ఇచ్చెను. మహాత్ములైన రాజులు తమ సైన్యాలతో ఉన్నప్పుడు, రాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు ముందుగా బయలుదేరెను.

Word by Word

दिदेशordered, directed

तानिthose

अनीकानिarmies, divisions (of troops)

प्रयाणायfor departure/marching

महीपतिःthe king (lord of the earth)

तेषाम्of them

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

राजाking

ससैन्यानाम्of those who have armies (with their troops)

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled (men)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

mahīpati (the king)

anīkāni (battle-formations/armies)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic leadership in crisis: a king does not act impulsively but organizes and directs forces with responsibility, indicating that even in war, order, restraint, and accountability are ethical necessities.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that the king commands the military divisions to depart. In that mobilization of great warriors and their troops, Yudhiṣṭhira is identified as the leading royal figure among them as the march toward confrontation begins.