Shloka 24

पञ्चमहाभूतगुण-इन्द्रियनिग्रह-उपदेशः | Teaching on the Qualities of the Five Elements and Sense-Control

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुतो हृषीकेश उत्तड़केन महात्मना

Transliteration

evaṁ stuto hṛṣīkeśa uttaḍakena mahātmanā

Translation

So nahm Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa), der Herr der Sinne, von dem edlen Uttaduka gepriesen, jenen Hymnus der Hingabe an—ein Zeichen dafür, dass aufrichtige Verehrung, dargebracht von einem großherzigen Menschen, ein würdiges Vorspiel göttlicher Antwort und Führung im Fortgang der Erzählung ist.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

स्तुतःpraised

हृषीकेशःHrishikesha (Krishna)

उत्तड़केनby Uttadaka (name)

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)

Uttaduka

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-spiritual principle that sincere praise and reverent approach (stuti offered by a mahātman) is an appropriate and efficacious way to seek divine attention and guidance; devotion is portrayed as a dignified, dharmic mode of relationship with the divine.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaduka has just completed praising Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa). This line functions as a transition: it marks that the deity has been duly eulogized by a noble person, preparing the scene for the next action—typically a response, boon, instruction, or further dialogue.