Shloka 13

Khāṇḍava-dāha: Indra’s Countermeasures and the Nāga Aśvasena’s Escape (आदि पर्व, अध्याय २१८)

Devanagari script

चित्रकौतूहले तस्मिन्‌ वर्तमाने महाद्धुते । वासुदेवश्व पार्थश्ष सहितौ परिजग्मतु:,उस अत्यन्त अद्भुत विचित्र कौतूहलपूर्ण उत्सवमें भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन एक साथ घूम रहे थे

Transliteration

citrakautūhale tasmin vartamāne mahādbhute | vāsudevaś ca pārthaś ca sahitau parijagmatuḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Während jenes wundersame Fest—voll schillernder Wunder und neugierig machender Schaustücke—im Gange war, gingen Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) und Pārtha (Arjuna) gemeinsam umher und betrachteten es Seite an Seite.

Word by Word

चित्रकौतूहलेin the wondrous-curious (spectacle)

तस्मिन्in that

वर्तमानेwhile (it was) going on / occurring

महाद्भुतेin the very marvelous (event)

वासुदेवःVasudeva (Krishna)

चand

पार्थःPartha (Arjuna)

सहितौtogether (the two)

परिजग्मतुःthey two went about / wandered

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Pārtha (Arjuna)

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 verse highlights companionship and shared attention: exemplary figures move together in public life, suggesting that right conduct is strengthened through trusted association and mutual presence, even amid spectacle.

What is happening in the narrative?

During an extraordinary, curiosity-filled celebration, Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) and Arjuna (Pārtha) are together, walking around and taking in the ongoing festivities.