Shloka 7

Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly

Devanagari script

नमोस्तु वरदे कृष्णे कुमारि ब्रह्मचारिणि । बालार्कसदृशाकारे पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानने

Transliteration

namo'stu varade kṛṣṇe kumāri brahmacāriṇi | bālārka-sadṛśākāre pūrṇa-candra-nibhānane ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: „Ehrerbietung dir, o Kṛṣṇā, Spenderin der Gaben—o Jungfrau, o Bewahrerin des Brahmacarya-Gelübdes. Deine Gestalt leuchtet wie die junge aufgehende Sonne, und dein Antlitz ist wohltuend wie der Vollmond.“ So begann König Yudhiṣṭhira, nach der Schau und Gunst der Göttin verlangend, zusammen mit seinen Brüdern erneut, sie mit vielen ehrfürchtigen Namen zu preisen—ein Akt der Hingabe, gegründet in Demut und rechter Absicht inmitten der Not.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• वरदे: O giver of boons
• वरदे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्णे: O Krishna (dark-hued goddess)
• कृष्णे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• कुमारि: O maiden
• कुमारि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारिणि: O celibate/one observing brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचारिणि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिणी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• बालार्क-सदृश-आकारे: O (you) whose form is like the rising sun
• बालार्क-सदृश-आकारे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पूर्णचन्द्र-निभ-आनने: O (you) whose face is like the full moon
• पूर्णचन्द्र-निभ-आनने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन
• Form: Neuter, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛṣṇā (Goddess)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava brothers

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic devotion: in hardship one approaches the divine with humility, self-restraint, and reverent speech, seeking boons not through entitlement but through disciplined praise and surrender.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, with his brothers, resumes a hymn to the Goddess, addressing her as Kṛṣṇā, boon-giver, maiden, and brahmacāriṇī, describing her radiant, auspicious appearance like the rising sun and the full moon.