Shloka 1
अध्याय २९ — वासुदेव–संजय संवादः
Karma, Varṇa-Dharma, and the Ethics of Governance
[दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ५९ “लोक हैं।] - इस प्रकार यद्यपि गृहस्थाश्रममें रहने और संन्यास लेनेका भी शास्त्रद्वारा ही विधान किया गया है
sañjaya uvāca |
āmantṛye tvāṁ naradeva-deva gacchāmy ahaṁ pāṇḍava svasti te 'stu |
kaccin na vācā vṛjinaṁ hi kiñcid uccāritaṁ me mama manaso 'bhiṣaṅgāt ||
Sañjaya thưa: “Hỡi bậc thần giữa các vua, hỡi Pāṇḍava, cầu chúc an lành đến với ngài. Nay tôi xin cáo biệt và lên đường về Hastināpura. Xin cho tôi biết—có phải do một cơn dâng trào cảm xúc trong tâm mà tôi đã lỡ nói lời nào dù chỉ hơi gây tổn thương hay bất xứng, khiến ngài phiền lòng chăng?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights ethical vigilance in speech: even when acting as a messenger, one should be mindful that emotional agitation can lead to harmful words. Sañjaya models humility and accountability by asking whether anything he said caused hurt.
Sañjaya, having met Yudhiṣṭhira, takes formal leave and prepares to return to Hastināpura. Before departing, he courteously inquires whether any of his words—spoken under mental impulse—might have offended or distressed Yudhiṣṭhira.