युधिष्ठिर उवाच
गावल्गणे संजय स्वागतं ते; प्रीतात्माहं त्वाभिवदामि सूत ॥
अनामयं प्रतिजाने तवाहं; सहानुजैः कुशली चास्मि विद्वन् ॥
चिराद् इदं कुशलं भारतस्य; श्रुत्वा राज्ञः कुरुवृद्धस्य सूत ॥
मन्ये साक्षाद् दृष्टम् अहं नरेन्द्रं; दृष्ट्वैव त्वां संजय प्रीतियोगात् ॥
पितामहो नः स्थविरो मनस्वी; महाप्राज्ञः सर्वधर्मोपपन्नः ॥
स कौरव्यः कुशली तात भीष्मो; यथापूर्वं वृत्तिर् अप्य् अस्य कच्चित् ॥
कच्चिद् राजा धृतराष्ट्रः सपुत्रो; वैचित्रवीर्यः कुशली महात्मा ॥
महाराजो बाह्लिकः प्रातिपेयः; कच्चिद् विद्वान् कुशली सूतपुत्र ॥
स सोमदत्तः कुशली तात कच्चिद्; भूरिश्रवाः सत्यसंधः शलश् च ॥
द्रोणः सपुत्रश् च कृपश् च विप्रो; महेष्वासाः कच्चिद् एते ऽप्य् अरोगाः ॥
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
gāvalgaṇe saṃjaya svāgataṃ te; prītātmāhaṃ tvābhivadāmi sūta ||
anāmayaṃ pratijāne tavāhaṃ; sahānujaiḥ kuśalī cāsmi vidvan ||
cirād idaṃ kuśalaṃ bhāratasya; śrutvā rājñaḥ kuruvṛddhasya sūta ||
manye sākṣād dṛṣṭam ahaṃ narendraṃ; dṛṣṭvaiva tvāṃ saṃjaya prītiyogāt ||
pitāmaho naḥ sthaviro manasvī; mahāprājñaḥ sarvadharmopapannaḥ ||
sa kauravyaḥ kuśalī tāta bhīṣmo; yathāpūrvaṃ vṛttir apy asya kaccit ||
kaccid rājā dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputro; vaicitravīryaḥ kuśalī mahātmā ||
mahārājo bāhlikaḥ prātipeyaḥ; kaccid vidvān kuśalī sūtaputra ||
sa somadattaḥ kuśalī tāta kaccid; bhūriśravāḥ satyasaṃdhaḥ śalaś ca ||
droṇaḥ saputraś ca kṛpaś ca vipro; maheṣvāsāḥ kaccid ete 'py arogāḥ ||
Yudhishthira said: 'O Sanjaya, son of Gavalgana, was your journey here safe? We are glad to see you. In turn, I ask how you fare. I myself, O learned one, am in excellent health together with my younger brothers. O Suta, after so long a time I now receive news of the aged king of the Kurus, that descendant of Bharata. Seeing you, O Sanjaya, I feel as though I had seen the king himself — so pleasing is your presence. I hope our aged grandfather Bhishma, that descendant of Kuru endowed with great energy and the highest wisdom and ever devoted to the practices of his order, still keeps to all his former ways. I hope the magnanimous King Dhritarashtra, son of Vichitravirya, is well together with his sons. I also hope, my lord, that Somadatta is well, and Bhurishravas, and Satyasandha, and Shala, and Drona with his son, and the brahmin Kripa as well.'
5819dc1fee2d · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 3:43:08 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This passage (5.23.6-10) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace is already underway against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya, Bhishma. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.