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! চারুদেষ্ণ, সুচারু, চারুবেশ, যশোধর, চারুশ্রবা, চারুযশা, প্রদ্যুম্ন এবং শম্ভু—এরা আমার পুণ্যবান, বীর ও মনোরম পরাক্রমশালী পুত্র। যেমন রুক্মিণীর গর্ভে তুমি এদের দান করেছ, তেমনি আমাকেও পুত্র দান করো।

Word by Word

• चारुदेष्णः: Charudeṣṇa (a proper name)
• चारुदेष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारुदेष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुचारुः: Suchāru (a proper name)
• सुचारुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुचारु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चारुवेशः: Chāruveśa (a proper name)
• चारुवेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारुवेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यशोधरः: Yaśodhara (bearer of fame; proper name)
• यशोधरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशोधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चारुश्रवाः: Chāruśravā (of lovely fame; proper name)
• चारुश्रवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारुश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चारुयशाः: Chāruyaśā (of lovely renown; proper name)
• चारुयशाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारुयशस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna (proper name)
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (proper name)
• शम्भुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa, epithet)
• Rukmiṇī
• Cārudeṣṇa
• Sucāru
• Cāruveśa
• Yaśodhara
• Cāruśravā
• Cāruyaśā
• Pradyumna
• Śambhu

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.