Shloka 9
Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 64: Arjuna’s Instruction to Sanjaya
Message to the Kuru Assembly
एकतो हास्य दाराश्ष ज्ञातयश्ष सबान्धवा: | आत्मा च पृथिवी चेयमेकतश्च धनंजय:
ekato hāsya dārāś ca jñātayaś ca sabāndhavāḥ | ātmā ca pṛthivī ceyam ekataś ca dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
对黑天而言，一边是他的妻室、亲族与一切眷属；那一边还有他自身与这整个大地。另一边，却只有檀那阇耶（阿周那）孤身而立。
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the extremity of partisan loyalty: people may be willing to renounce even family, bodily welfare, and sovereignty when devotion to a leader/ideal (here, implicitly Kṛṣṇa’s side) becomes paramount. It warns how attachment to faction can override ordinary dharmic bonds.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and counsel, Vidura speaks to expose the real alignment of forces and motives: despite the vast worldly stakes on one side, the opposing side is represented as ‘Arjuna alone,’ underscoring both Arjuna’s decisive value and the willingness of others to sacrifice everything for the chosen alliance.