Shloka 2
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
Sanskrit
कृष्णेन हि विना नाहं यास्ये दुर्योधनान्तिकम् ।
पाण्डवान् वा समाश्रित्य कथं दुर्योधनं नृपम् ॥
Transliteration
kṛṣṇena hi vinā nāhaṃ yāsye duryodhanāntikam / pāṇḍavān vā samāśritya kathaṃ duryodhanaṃ nṛpam
Translation
“কৃষ্ণ নথকা হলে মই দুয্যোধনৰ ওচৰলৈ নাযাওঁ। অথবা পাণ্ডৱসকলৰ শৰণ লোৱাৰ পিছত মই কেনেকৈ ৰজা দুয্যোধনৰ ওচৰলৈ যাম?”
Speakers
Unspecified in provided verse excerpt (context suggests a speaker discussing approaching Duryodhanainvoking Krishna and the Pandavas)
Primary Deities
Krishna
Key ThemesDharmaPolitical ethicsAlliance and loyaltyCounsel and diplomacy