Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 14 Shloka 33 - Mahabharata | Assamese | Vedapath

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Shloka 33

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

चारुदेष्ण: सुचारुश्ष चारुवेशो यशोधर: । चारुश्रवाश्लारुयशा: प्रद्युम्न: शम्भुरेव च

Transliteration

Cārudeṣṇaḥ sucāruś ca cāruveśo yaśodharaḥ | Cāruśravāś cāruyaśāḥ pradyumnaḥ śambhur eva ca ||

Translation

হে মধুসূদন! চাৰুদেষ্ণ, সুচাৰু, চাৰুবেশ, যশোধৰ, চাৰুশ্ৰৱা, চাৰুযশা, প্ৰদ্যুম্ন আৰু শম্ভু—এইসকল মোৰ পুণ্যবান, বীৰ আৰু মনোহৰ পৰাক্ৰমশালী পুত্ৰ। যেনেকৈ ৰুক্মিণীৰ গৰ্ভৰ পৰা তুমি তেওঁলোকক দান কৰিলা, তেনেকৈ মোকো পুত্ৰ দান কৰা।

Word by Word

चारुदेष्णःCharudeṣṇa (a proper name)

सुचारुःSuchāru (a proper name)

चारुवेशःChāruveśa (a proper name)

यशोधरःYaśodhara (bearer of fame; proper name)

चारुश्रवाःChāruśravā (of lovely fame; proper name)

चारुयशाःChāruyaśā (of lovely renown; proper name)

प्रद्युम्नःPradyumna (proper name)

शम्भुःŚambhu (proper name)

एवindeed/also/just

चand

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa, epithet)

Rukmiṇī

Cārudeṣṇa

Sucāru

Cāruveśa

Yaśodhara

Cāruśravā

Cāruyaśā

Pradyumna

Śambhu

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights the cultural-religious ideal of seeking worthy progeny through divine grace, linking family continuity and social responsibility (gṛhastha-dharma) with devotion and reverent supplication.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) enumerates his sons born of Rukmiṇī and, in the given contextual framing, a request is voiced to Madhusūdana to grant similar sons—emphasizing the theme of divine bestowal and lineage.