Shloka 6

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ५ (कृष्णनीति: न्यायशम-उपदेशः; विराट-द्रुपदयोः सैन्यसमाह्वानम्)

Devanagari script

भवन्तं धृतराष्ट्रश्न सततं बहु मन्यते । आचार्ययो: सखा चासि द्रोणस्य च कृपस्यथ च,राजा धृतराष्ट्र भी सदा आपको विशेष आदर देते हैं, आचार्य द्रोण और कृप दोनोंके आप सखा हैं

Transliteration

bhavantaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sma satataṃ bahu manyate | ācāryayoḥ sakhā cāsi droṇasya ca kṛpasya ca ||

Translation

ధృతరాష్ట్రుడు నిన్ను ఎల్లప్పుడూ అత్యంత గౌరవంతో చూస్తాడు. నీవు ఆచార్య ద్రోణుడికీ కృపాచార్యుడికీ సన్నిహిత మిత్రుడవు.

Word by Word

भवन्तम्you (honorific), to you

धृतराष्ट्रःDhṛtarāṣṭra

सततम्always, constantly

बहुmuch, greatly

मन्यतेthinks, esteems, honors

आचार्ययोःof the two teachers

सखाfriend

चand

असिyou are

द्रोणस्यof Droṇa

चand

कृपस्यof Kṛpa

अथalso/then (here: and also)

चand

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Droṇa

Kṛpa

Vāyudeva

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?

Moral authority in a crisis rests not only on power but on trust and relationships: being esteemed by the king and friendly with revered teachers makes one’s counsel ethically influential and potentially peace-making.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva points out the listener’s standing in the Kuru court—honored by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and allied in friendship with Droṇa and Kṛpa—implying that this person is well-placed to advise the elders at a decisive moment before the conflict.