Shloka 30

Kṛṣṇasya Khāṇḍavaprasthāt Dvārakā-prayāṇaḥ | Krishna’s Departure for Dvārakā

Devanagari script

सात्वतेन च वीरेण पृष्ठतो यायिना तदा । दारुकेण च सूतेन सहितो देवकीसुत: । स गतो द्वारकां विष्णुर्गरुत्मानिव वेगवान्‌,सात्वतवंशी वीर सात्यकि भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके पीछे बैठकर यात्रा कर रहे थे और सारथि दारुक आगे था। उन दोनोंके साथ देवकीनन्दन भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण वेगशाली गरुड़की भाँति द्वारकामें पहुँच गये

Transliteration

sātvatenaca vīreṇa pṛṣṭhato yāyinā tadā | dārukeṇa ca sūtena sahito devakīsutaḥ | sa gato dvārakāṃ viṣṇur garutmān iva vegavān |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Damals reiste Devakīs Sohn, der Herr Viṣṇu—Śrī Kṛṣṇa—nach Dvārakā; hinter ihm saß der heldenhafte Sātvata (Sātyaki), während der Wagenlenker Dāruka die Zügel führte. Schnell wie Garuḍa erreichte Kṛṣṇa Dvārakā.

Word by Word

सात्वतेनby/with the Sātvata (Yādava)

चand

वीरेणby/with the hero

पृष्ठतःfrom behind; at the back

यायिनाby/with the traveler (one who goes)

तदाthen

दारुकेणby/with Dāruka

चand

सूतेनby/with the charioteer

सहितःaccompanied (together with)

देवकीसुतःDevakī's son (Kṛṣṇa)

सःhe

गतःgone; having gone; reached

द्वारकाम्to Dvārakā

विष्णुःViṣṇu (as Kṛṣṇa)

गरुत्मान्Garuḍa

इवlike; as if

वेगवान्swift; impetuous

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sātyaki (Sātvata)

Dāruka

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Devakīsuta, Viṣṇu)

Dvārakā

Garuḍa (Garutmān)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined leadership and proper order: a great person travels with fitting companions and attendants, suggesting that strength is guided by structure, loyalty, and right conduct rather than mere force.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Sātyaki and driven by his charioteer Dāruka, journeys swiftly and arrives at Dvārakā, likened in speed to Garuḍa.