Shloka 42
Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)
अयं चिरोषितो राजन् वासुदेव: प्रतापवान् | भवन्तं समनुज्ञाप्य पितरं द्रष्टमिच्छति
vaiśampāyana uvāca | ayaṁ ciroṣito rājan vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | bhavantaṁ samanujñāpya pitaraṁ draṣṭum icchati |
ৰাজন! প্ৰতাপৱান বাসুদেৱ (শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণ) ইয়াত বহুদিন থাকিল। এতিয়া তেওঁ আপোনাৰ অনুমতি লৈ পিতাক দৰ্শন কৰিব বিচাৰে।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most powerful act within dharma by observing propriety: seeking a ruler’s leave before departing and honoring filial duty by desiring to see one’s father.
The narrator reports that Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva), after staying for a long time, requests the king’s permission to depart so he can visit his father, signaling a transition toward his return journey.