Shloka 13

Udyoga Parva Adhyāya 92: Kṛṣṇasya sabhāpraveśaḥ

Krishna’s Entry into the Royal Assembly

Devanagari script

हित॑ हि धार्तराष्ट्राणां पाण्डवानां तथैव च | पृथिव्यां क्षत्रियाणां च यतिष्येडहममायया,मैं तो निष्कपटभावसे धृतराष्ट्रके पुत्रों, पाण्डवों तथा भूमण्डलके सभी क्षत्रियोंके हितका ही प्रयत्न करूँगा

Transliteration

hitaṃ hi dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca | pṛthivyāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca yatiṣye 'ham amāyayā ||

Translation

میں بے کسی فریب کے دھرتراشٹر کے بیٹوں، پاندوؤں اور زمین کے تمام کشتریوں کی بھلائی ہی کے لیے کوشش کروں گا۔

Word by Word

• हितम्: welfare, benefit
• हितम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (√हि/√धा-निष्पन्न; past passive participle used as noun)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम्: of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र (patronymic adjective used as noun)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: just, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the kṣatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• यतिष्ये: I shall strive
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यत् (प्रयत्न)
• Form: Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Ātmanepada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अमायया: with sincerity, without deceit
• अमायया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमाया (a-māyā)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

(वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kṣatriyas
• Pṛthivī (the earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds ethical impartiality: a righteous agent should seek the welfare (hita) of all parties—friends and rivals alike—acting without deceit (amāyayā). It frames dharma as sincere, non-partisan commitment to the common good, especially when society is on the brink of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, as war looms between the Kauravas (Dhārtarāṣṭras) and the Pāṇḍavas, the speaker declares an intention to work sincerely for the benefit of both sides and for the wider Kṣatriya world—signaling a peace-oriented, conciliatory effort aimed at preventing broader destruction.