Shloka 26
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयेषु कुशेषु च वृषीषु च ।
सूतञ्च तेषां मध्यस्थं कथयानं कथाः शुभाः ॥
kṛṣṇājinottarīyeṣu kuśeṣu ca vṛṣīṣu ca / sūtañ ca teṣāṃ madhyasthaṃ kathayānaṃ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
Auf Sitzen aus Kuśa-Gras und auf Matten sitzend, mit Obergewändern aus schwarzer Antilopenhaut, hatten sie den Sūta in ihre Mitte gesetzt, der glückverheißende Geschichten vortrug.
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FAQs
The verse emphasizes the sanctified setting and disciplined culture of learning: sacred seating (kuśa), ascetic simplicity (antelope-skin wrap), and the centrality of a qualified transmitter (Sūta) for preserving and communicating dharmic, auspicious narratives.
Indirectly supportive rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa unit: it frames the mode of transmission of Purāṇic material (the ‘how’ of Purāṇa delivery). It does not itself present sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita content, but introduces the narrative environment in which such topics are recited.
Symbolically, kuśa denotes ritual purity and continuity with Vedic sacrifice; kṛṣṇājina evokes brahmacarya/ṛṣi-discipline and insulation from worldly distraction; placing the Sūta in the middle suggests the ‘center’ as the seat of śruti-smṛti remembrance—where auspicious speech (śubha-kathā) harmonizes the assembly.