Shloka 15
Dvārakāyāṃ Sāhāyya-vibhāgaḥ (Alliance Allocation at Dvārakā) / उद्योगपर्व अध्याय ७
दुर्योधन और अर्जुनका श्रीकृष्णसे युद्धके लिये सहायता माँगना “माधव! (पाण्डवोंके साथ हमारा) जो युद्ध होनेवाला है
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | bhavān abhigataḥ pūrvam atra me nāsti saṁśayaḥ | dṛṣṭas tu prathamaṁ rājan mayā pārtho dhanaṁjayaḥ ||
Śrī Kṛṣṇa nói: “Hỡi Đại vương, không nghi ngờ gì việc ngài đã đến nơi ở của ta trước. Nhưng người mà ta trông thấy trước tiên lại là Pārtha—Dhanañjaya Arjuna.”
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Kṛṣṇa distinguishes between mere precedence of arrival and precedence of rightful attention: even if Duryodhana came first, Kṛṣṇa grants primacy to the one he ‘saw first’—a subtle ethical framing that shifts the basis of priority from claim-making to the manner of approach and the relationship of trust.
On the eve of war, Duryodhana and Arjuna come to Kṛṣṇa seeking support. Duryodhana argues he arrived first and should be helped first. Kṛṣṇa replies that although Duryodhana indeed arrived earlier, Kṛṣṇa’s first sight fell upon Arjuna (Pārtha), establishing Arjuna’s precedence in Kṛṣṇa’s response.