Shloka 1
Śaṅkha–Likhita Upākhyāna: Daṇḍa, Confession, and the Purification of Kingship (शङ्ख-लिखितोपाख्यानम्)
अपन क्राता छा अर: चतुर्विशो$ध्याय: व्यासजीका युधिष्ठिरको राजा हयग्रीवका चरित्र सुनाकर उन्हें राजोचित कर्तव्यका पालन करनेके लिये जोर देना वैशम्पायन उवाच पुनरेव महर्षिस्तं कृष्णद्वैपायनो मुनि: । अजातशत्रुं कौन्तेयमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! श्रीकृष्णद्वैपायन महर्षि व्यासजीने अजातशत्रु कुन्तीकुमार युधिष्ठिरसे पुन: इस प्रकार कहा--
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: punar eva maharṣis taṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ | ajātaśatruṃ kaunteyam idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า “แล้วอีกครั้งหนึ่ง มหาฤๅษีกฤษณทไวปายนะ (วยาส) ได้กล่าวถ้อยคำนี้แก่ อชาตศัตรู กุนตีบุตร ยุธิษฐิระ”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a renewed cycle of instruction: Vyāsa again addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, signaling continued emphasis on rājadharma—ethical governance, responsibility, and disciplined adherence to duty after the turmoil of war.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that Vyāsa (Kṛṣṇa-Dvaipāyana) once more speaks to Yudhiṣṭhira (called Ajātaśatru and Kaunteya), setting up the next counsel or discourse within Śānti Parva.