Shloka 1

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

/ नीपस्ज्श्लिस्ज यु भिपस््श्श्ज्जण षट्षष्टितमो<5 ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका हस्तिनापुरमें आगमन और उत्तराके मृत बालकको जिलानेके लिये कुन्तीकी उनसे प्रार्थना वैशम्पायन उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वासुदेवो5पि वीर्यवान्‌ | उपायाद्‌ वृष्णिश्रि: सार्धथ पुरं वारणसाह्दयम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! इसी बीचमें परम पराक्रमी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण भी वृष्णिवंशियोंको साथ लेकर हस्तिनापुर आ गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: etasminn eva kāle tu vāsudevo 'pi vīryavān | upāyād vṛṣṇiśreṣṭhaḥ sārdhaṁ puraṁ vāraṇasāhvayam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Janamejaya, eben zu jener Zeit traf auch der machtvolle Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) ein — der Vornehmste unter den Vṛṣṇis — und kam mit seinen Verwandten in die Stadt, die Vāraṇasāhvaya (Hastināpura) genannt wird.“

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वीर्यवान्: mighty/valorous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपायात्: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृष्णिश्रीः: the glory of the Vrishnis (Krishna)
• वृष्णिश्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिश्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सार्धम्: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• पुरम्: to the city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वारणसाह्वयम्: named Vāraṇa (i.e., Hastināpura)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारणसाह्वय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛṣṇis (Yādavas)
• Hastināpura (Vāraṇasāhvaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is sustained not only by victory in war but by timely guidance, protection, and the re-establishment of righteous order afterward; Kṛṣṇa’s arrival signals a return of stabilizing wisdom and guardianship in the fragile post-conflict period.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya, Kṛṣṇa—leader of the Vṛṣṇis—arrives at Hastināpura (also called Vāraṇasāhvaya) accompanied by his people, preparing the ground for the ensuing events of this chapter.