Shloka 15
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः
Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly
कुरुभि: संवृतः कृष्णो वृष्णिभिश्चाभिरक्षित: । आतिष्ठत रथं शौरि: सर्वयादवनन्दन:
kurubhiḥ saṃvṛtaḥ kṛṣṇo vṛṣṇibhiścābhirakṣitaḥ | ātiṣṭhata rathaṃ śauriḥ sarvayādavanandanaḥ ||
ท่ามกลางเหล่ากุรุที่รายล้อม และมีวีรชนวงศ์วฤษณิคุ้มกัน พระศอริศรีกฤษณะผู้ยังความยินดีแก่ชาวยาทพทั้งปวง เสด็จขึ้นประทับบนราชรถนั้น
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights Kṛṣṇa’s public, duty-oriented leadership: even amid hostility (surrounded by Kurus) he proceeds with composure under rightful protection (by the Vṛṣṇis), embodying steadiness and responsibility in a tense ethical-political crisis.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, encircled by the Kuru assembly and guarded by his Vṛṣṇi kinsmen, mounts his chariot—an outward sign that a significant mission or movement is underway in the pre-war negotiations of the Udyoga Parva.