Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

केशवो<पि मुदा युक्त: प्रविवेश पुरोत्तमम्‌ । पूज्यमानो यदुश्रेष्ठैरुग्रसेनमुखैस्तथा,इधर भगवान्‌ केशव भी उग्रसेन आदि श्रेष्ठ यादवोंसे सम्मानित हो प्रसन्नतापूर्वक द्वारकापुरीके भीतर गये

Transliteration

keśavo ’pi mudā yuktaḥ praviveśa purottamam | pūjyamāno yaduśreṣṭhair ugrasenamukhais tathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Auch Keśava, von Freude erfüllt, betrat die erhabenste Stadt. Er wurde von den Besten der Yadus — angeführt von Ugrasena — geehrt und empfing so beim Eintritt die gebührende Verehrung. Die Szene betont die rechte Ehrfurcht vor einem würdigen Führer und die Harmonie einer wohlgeordneten Gemeinschaft.

Word by Word

केशवःKeshava (Krishna)

अपिalso/even

मुदाwith joy

युक्तःendowed/possessed (of)

प्रविवेशentered

पुर-उत्तमम्the best city (Dvaraka)

पूज्यमानःbeing honored

यदु-श्रेष्ठैःby the best of the Yadus

उग्रसेन-मुखैःwith Ugrasena at their head

तथाthus/likewise

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Ugrasena

Yadus (Yādavas)

Dvārakā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

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 dharmic conduct in society: honoring the worthy and maintaining proper respect within a community led by elders and chiefs. Such public reverence reinforces ethical order and collective harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa) joyfully enters the foremost city (understood as Dvārakā) while being respectfully received and honored by leading Yādavas, headed by Ugrasena.