Shloka 28

अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्

Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure

Devanagari script

देवब्रह्मर्षयश्चैव कृष्णं यदुसुखावहम्‌ । प्रदक्षिणमवर्तन्त सहिता वासवानुजम्‌

Transliteration

devabrahmarṣayaś caiva kṛṣṇaṃ yadu-sukhāvaham | pradakṣiṇam avartanta sahitā vāsavānujam ||

Translation

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— দেবর্ষি ও ব্রহ্মর্ষিরা একত্র হয়ে যদুবংশের সুখবিধায়ক, বাসবের অনুজ শ্রীকৃষ্ণকে ডানাবর্তে প্রদক্ষিণ করলেন।

Word by Word

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्मर्षयः: Brahmarishis (sages of Brahman)
• ब्रह्मर्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• कृष्णम्: Krishna
• कृष्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यदु: of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सुख: happiness
• सुख: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आवहम्: bringing/causing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√वह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रदक्षिणम्: clockwise (in circumambulation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिण

• अवर्तन्त: they circumambulated/they went around
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• सहिता: together/assembled
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वासवानुजम्: the younger brother of Vasava (Indra)
• वासवानुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासवानुज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• Yadu dynasty (Yadus)
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Devarṣis
• Brahmarṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic honor: even the highest seers express reverence through pradakṣiṇā, implying that true spiritual authority is recognized by humility, ritual respect, and acknowledgment of virtue and divine stature.

What is happening in the narrative?

A gathering of exalted ṛṣis approaches Kṛṣṇa and performs pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) around him as a formal act of veneration, marking him as a source of welfare for the Yadu lineage and as one worthy of the highest respect.