Shloka 4
मागधगिरिव्रजप्रवेशः — Entry into Girivraja and Jarāsandha’s Protocol Inquiry
प्रतिगृह् च तां पूजां पार्थिवाद् भगवानृषि: । उवाच मागध॑ राजन प्रह्ृष्टेनान्तरात्मना
pratigṛhya ca tāṁ pūjāṁ pārthivād bhagavān ṛṣiḥ | uvāca māgadha rājan prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā ||
Nachdem der ehrwürdige Rishi die vom König dargebrachte Verehrung angenommen hatte, wandte er sich, innerlich erfreut, an den Herrscher von Magadha: „O König, von Jarāsandhas Geburt bis zu diesem Augenblick ist mir alles durch göttliche Schau bekannt. Nun höre, o Herr der Könige, wie dein Sohn künftig sein wird.“
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic exchange between ruler and sage: respectful honor (pūjā) offered to a worthy recipient is properly accepted, and spiritual authority is shown through truthful, compassionate guidance grounded in higher knowledge (divya-dṛṣṭi).
A revered sage accepts the king’s ceremonial honor and then addresses the Magadhan ruler, stating that he knows the full account of Jarāsandha from birth by divine vision and is about to foretell the future character and fate of the king’s son.