Shloka 26
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयेषु कुशेषु च वृषीषु च ।
सूतञ्च तेषां मध्यस्थं कथयानं कथाः शुभाः ॥
kṛṣṇājinottarīyeṣu kuśeṣu ca vṛṣīṣu ca / sūtañ ca teṣāṃ madhyasthaṃ kathayānaṃ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
وكانوا جالسين على مقاعد من عشب الكوشا وعلى الحُصُر، مرتدين أغطيةً علوية من جلد الظبي الأسود، وقد أقاموا السوتا في وسطهم يروي القصص المباركة.
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FAQs
The verse emphasizes the sanctified setting and disciplined culture of learning: sacred seating (kuśa), ascetic simplicity (antelope-skin wrap), and the centrality of a qualified transmitter (Sūta) for preserving and communicating dharmic, auspicious narratives.
Indirectly supportive rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit: it frames the mode of transmission of Purāṇic material (the ‘how’ of Purāṇa delivery). It does not itself present sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita content, but introduces the narrative environment in which such topics are recited.
Symbolically, kuśa denotes ritual purity and continuity with Vedic sacrifice; kṛṣṇājina evokes brahmacarya/ṛṣi-discipline and insulation from worldly distraction; placing the Sūta in the middle suggests the ‘center’ as the seat of śruti-smṛti remembrance—where auspicious speech (śubha-kathā) harmonizes the assembly.