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Shloka 1

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

/ नीपस्ज्श्लिस्ज यु भिपस््श्श्ज्जण षट्षष्टितमो<5 ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका हस्तिनापुरमें आगमन और उत्तराके मृत बालकको जिलानेके लिये कुन्तीकी उनसे प्रार्थना वैशम्पायन उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वासुदेवो5पि वीर्यवान्‌ | उपायाद्‌ वृष्णिश्रि: सार्धथ पुरं वारणसाह्दयम्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! इसी बीचमें परम पराक्रमी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण भी वृष्णिवंशियोंको साथ लेकर हस्तिनापुर आ गये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: etasminn eva kāle tu vāsudevo 'pi vīryavān | upāyād vṛṣṇiśreṣṭhaḥ sārdhaṁ puraṁ vāraṇasāhvayam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O Janamejaya, at that very time the mighty Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) also arrived—the foremost among the Vṛṣṇis—together with his kinsmen, to the city called Vāraṇasāhvaya (Hastināpura).”

Word by Word

एतस्मिन्in this

एवindeed/just

कालेat the time

तुbut/and

वासुदेवःVasudeva (Krishna)

अपिalso

वीर्यवान्mighty/valorous

उपायात्came/arrived

वृष्णिश्रीःthe glory of the Vrishnis (Krishna)

सार्धम्together with

पुरम्to the city

वारणसाह्वयम्named Vāraṇa (i.e., Hastināpura)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Vṛṣṇis (Yādavas)

Hastināpura (Vāraṇasāhvaya)

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?

Dharma is sustained not only by victory in war but by timely guidance, protection, and the re-establishment of righteous order afterward; Kṛṣṇa’s arrival signals a return of stabilizing wisdom and guardianship in the fragile post-conflict period.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya, Kṛṣṇa—leader of the Vṛṣṇis—arrives at Hastināpura (also called Vāraṇasāhvaya) accompanied by his people, preparing the ground for the ensuing events of this chapter.