Shloka 5

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly

Devanagari script

तत उत्थाय दाशाह ऋषभ: सर्वसात्वताम्‌ | सर्वमावश्यकं चक्रे प्रातःकार्य जनार्दन:,तब समस्त यदुवंशियोंके शिरोमणि दशार्हनन्दन श्रीकृष्णने शय्यासे उठकर प्रात:कालका समस्त आवश्यक कर्म क्रमश: सम्पन्न किया

Transliteration

tata utthāya dāśārha ṛṣabhaḥ sarva-sāttvatām | sarvam āvaśyakaṁ cakre prātaḥ-kāryaṁ janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు దాశార్హులలో శ్రేష్ఠుడూ, సమస్త సాత్వతులలో అగ్రగణ్యుడైన జనార్దనుడు శ్రీకృష్ణుడు శయ్య నుండి లేచి, ప్రాతఃకాలంలో చేయవలసిన సమస్త అవసర కర్మలను క్రమంగా నిర్వహించెను.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• दाशार्हः: the Dāśārha (Krishna)
• दाशार्हः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशार्ह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऋषभः: the bull/foremost (best one)
• ऋषभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वसात्वताम्: of all the Sātvatas (Yādavas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आवश्यकम्: necessary (duties)
• आवश्यकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आवश्यक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चक्रे: did, performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• प्रातःकार्य: morning-duty (what is to be done in the morning)
• प्रातःकार्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रातःकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Dāśārhas
• Sāttvatas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic steadiness: even a leader engaged in momentous negotiations should maintain daily discipline and obligatory conduct. Kṛṣṇa’s orderly completion of morning duties models self-governance, which supports ethical clarity in public action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, described as the foremost among the Dāśārhas and Sāttvatas, rises and completes the prescribed morning routines. This sets a composed, purposeful tone before the ensuing political and war-related developments of the Udyoga Parva.