Shloka 16

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

एवं तव प्रपश्यामि श्रेयो भूगुकुलोद्वह | आगच्छतो हि ते विप्र भवेन्मृत्युर्न संशय:,भगुकुलभूषण विप्र! ऐसा करनेमें ही मैं आपकी भलाई देखता हूँ। यदि आयेंगे तो आपकी मृत्यु हो जायगी। इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

evaṁ tava prapaśyāmi śreyo bhṛgukulodvaha | āgacchato hi te vipra bhaven mṛtyur na saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Thus do I perceive what is truly for your good, O foremost of the Bhṛgu lineage. For if you come here, O brāhmaṇa, death will befall you—of this there is no doubt.

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this way

तवof you / for you

प्रपश्यामिI clearly see / I foresee

श्रेयःwelfare, good

भृगुकुलोद्वहO best of the Bhrigu lineage

आगच्छतःof (you) coming / when you come

हिindeed, for

तेof you / your

विप्रO brahmin

भवेत्would be / may occur

मृत्युःdeath

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

सौदास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saudāsa

Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

Bhṛgu-kula (lineage of Bhṛgu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Practical dharma: true welfare (śreyaḥ) may require restraint and avoidance of foreseeable harm. The speaker frames ethical counsel as clear-sighted protection—warning that a chosen action will certainly lead to death.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saudāsa addresses a brāhmaṇa of the Bhṛgu lineage, urging him not to come, stating that his coming will inevitably result in his death. The verse functions as a direct forewarning and an attempt to avert a fatal outcome.