Shloka 17

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

धृतराष्ट उवाच त्वमेव पुण्डरीकाक्ष सर्वस्य जगतो हितः । तस्मात्‌ त्वं यादवश्रेष्ठ प्रसादं कर्तुमहसि,उस समय धृतराष्ट्रने कहा--कमलनयन! यदुकुलतिलक श्रीकृष्ण! आप ही सम्पूर्ण जगतके हितैषी हैं, अत: मुझपर भी कृपा कीजिये

Transliteration

dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca tvam eva puṇḍarīkākṣa sarvasya jagato hitaḥ | tasmāt tvaṃ yādavaśreṣṭha prasādaṃ kartum arhasi ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „O Lotosäugiger, du allein bist der Wohltäter der ganzen Welt. Darum, o Bester der Yādavas, erweise auch mir deine Gnade.“

Word by Word

• {'dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca': 'Dhṛtarāṣṭra said', 'tvam eva': 'you alone, indeed you', 'puṇḍarīkākṣa': 'lotus-eyed (epithet of Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)', 'sarvasya': 'of all, of the entire', 'jagataḥ': 'world, moving universe', 'hitaḥ': 'beneficial

• well-wisher, one who seeks welfare', 'tasmāt': 'therefore, for that reason', 'tvaṃ': 'you', 'yādava-śreṣṭha': 'best among the Yādavas (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)', 'prasādam': 'grace, favor, benevolence

• also ‘calmness/appeasement’ in context', 'kartum': 'to do, to grant', 'arhasi': 'you are worthy/fit

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛṣṇa (Puṇḍarīkākṣa, Yādavaśreṣṭha)
• Yādavas
• Jagat (the world)