Shloka 15

Trita in the Well (Udapāna-kathā) — Balarāma’s Tīrtha Observances

Devanagari script

युयुधानेन सहितो वासुदेवस्तु पाण्डवान्‌ | रौहिणेये गते शूरे पुष्पेण मधुसूदन:

Transliteration

yuyudhānena sahito vāsudevas tu pāṇḍavān | rauhiṇeye gate śūre puṣpeṇa madhusūdanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: In Begleitung Yuyudhānas trat Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) zu den Pāṇḍavas. Nachdem der tapfere Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma) fortgegangen war, kam Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa) mit sanftem, versöhnlichem Sinn zu ihnen—um ihren Entschluss zu festigen und sie in der sittlichen Bedrängnis des Krieges zu leiten.

Word by Word

• युयुधानेन: with Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सहितः: accompanied (together)
• सहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रौहिणेये: when/while (Balarāma) the son of Rohiṇī
• रौहिणेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौहिणेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गते: having gone / gone (locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शूरे: the hero
• शूरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुष्पेण: with a flower
• पुष्पेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma)
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a righteous war, leadership requires restraint and timely counsel: Kṛṣṇa approaches the Pāṇḍavas in a gentle, conciliatory manner, emphasizing steadiness of mind and ethical clarity rather than mere aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Balarāma (Rauhiṇeya) has left, Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva/Madhusūdana), accompanied by Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna), goes to the Pāṇḍavas—signaling a moment of guidance and strategic-moral reassurance within the Shalya Parva war sequence.