Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माजल बछ। जि अष्टपञ्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: धृतराष्ट्रका दुर्योधनको संधिके लिये समझाना, दुर्योधनका अहंकारपूर्वक पाण्डवोसे युद्ध करनेका ही निश्चय तथा धृतराष्ट्रका अन्य योद्धाओंको युद्धसे भय दिखाना धृतराष्ट उवाच क्षत्रतेजा ब्रह्मबचारी कौमारादपि पाण्डव: । तेन संयुगमेष्यन्ति मन्दा विलपतो मम,धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! पाण्थुपुत्र युधिष्ठिर क्षात्र-तेजसे सम्पन्न हैं। उन्होंने कुमारावस्थासे ही विधि-पूर्वक ब्रह्मचर्यका पालन किया है, परंतु मेरे ये मूर्ख पुत्र मेरे विलापकी ओर ध्यान न देकर उन्हीं युधिष्ठिरके साथ युद्ध छेड़नेवाले हैं

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | kṣatratejā brahmacārī kaumārād api pāṇḍavaḥ | tena saṃyugam eṣyanti mandā vilapato mama ||

Translation

持国王说道：“三阇耶，般度之子（由提施提罗）具足刹帝利的光辉与威力，自幼便依律守持梵行（brahmacarya）。然而我那些愚昧的儿子无视我的哀叹，仍决意与他交战。”

Word by Word

धृतराष्ट्रःDhritarashtra

उवाचsaid/spoke

क्षत्रतेजाःpossessing kshatriya-splendour/valor

ब्रह्मचारीa celibate/student observing brahmacarya

कौमारात्from boyhood

अपिeven/also

पाण्डवःthe Pandava (Yudhishthira)

तेनwith him/therefore (with that one)

संयुगम्battle/war

एष्यन्तिwill go/enter (upon)

मन्दाःfoolish/dull-witted

विलपतःof (me) lamenting

ममof me/my

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (Kauravas, implied)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dhṛtarāṣṭra highlights the ethical contrast: a disciplined, dharma-oriented ruler like Yudhiṣṭhira is not an easy or unjust target, yet pride and folly can drive people to ignore wise restraint and choose destructive war.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva’s diplomacy phase, Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaks to Sañjaya, acknowledging Yudhiṣṭhira’s kṣatriya strength and disciplined conduct, while grieving that his own sons will not heed his distress and are set on fighting the Pāṇḍavas.