Shloka 91

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

वासुदेव उवाच का तु सीमन्तिनी त्वादृक्‌ लोकेष्वस्ति पितृष्वस: । शूरस्य राज्ञो दुहिता आजमीढकुलं गता,भगवान्‌ वासुदेव बोले--बुआ! संसारमें तुम-जैसी सौभाग्यशालिनी नारी दूसरी कौन है? तुम राजा शूरसेनकी पुत्री हो और महाराज अजमीढके कुलमें ब्याहकर आयी हो

Transliteration

vāsudeva uvāca kā tu sīmāntinī tvādṛk lokeṣv asti pitṛṣvasaḥ | śūrasya rājño duhitā ājamīḍhakulaṃ gatā ||

Translation

Vāsudeva sprach: „O Tante, wer in allen Welten ist eine so begünstigte Ehefrau wie du? Du bist die Tochter des Königs Śūra und bist durch die Ehe in das Geschlecht Ājamīḍhas eingetreten.“

Word by Word

वासुदेवःVasudeva (Krishna)

उवाचsaid

काwho?

तुbut/indeed

सीमन्तिनीa married woman (with hair-parting; a noble lady)

त्वादृक्like you; of your kind

लोकेषुin the worlds

अस्तिexists/is

पितृष्वसःO paternal aunt (father’s sister)

शूरस्यof Shura

राज्ञःof the king

दुहिताdaughter

अजमीढकुलम्the lineage/family of Ajamidha

गताgone; (having) entered (by marriage)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

pitṛṣvasā (paternal aunt, addressed)

King Śūra

Ājamīḍha (eponym of a royal lineage)

Ājamīḍha-kula (Ājamīḍha dynasty)

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 esteem for family bonds and social virtue: honoring elders/kin and recognizing the dignity associated with a woman’s auspicious marital and familial standing, expressed through respectful praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva addresses his paternal aunt and praises her exceptional good fortune, identifying her noble birth as King Śūra’s daughter and her marriage into the renowned Ājamīḍha lineage.