Shloka 67

Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds

Devanagari script

न पूर्वे नापरे चक्रुरिदं केचन मानवा: । इतीदं चुक्रुशु्देवा: कृते कर्मणि दुष्करे,राजा जब उस दुष्कर यज्ञका अनुष्ठान पूर्ण कर चुके, तब सम्पूर्ण देवताओंने यह पुकार-पुकारकर कहा कि “ऐसा यज्ञ पहलेके और बादके भी मनुष्योंने कभी नहीं किया था'

Transliteration

na pūrve nāpare cakrur idaṁ kecana mānavāḥ | itīdaṁ cukruśur devāḥ kṛte karmaṇi duṣkare ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Neither in former times nor in later ages did any men accomplish such a deed.” Thus the gods cried out again and again when that arduous rite had been completed—proclaiming the king’s extraordinary resolve and the unmatched difficulty of the sacrifice he had fulfilled.

Word by Word

नnot

पूर्वेin the past/earlier time

नnor

अपरेin later time/afterwards

चक्रुःdid/performed

इदम्this

केचनany/some

मानवाःmen/humans

इतिthus/quoting

इदम्this (statement)

चुक्रुशुःcried out/exclaimed

देवाःthe gods

कृतेwhen (it was) done/completed

कर्मणिin the act/rite

दुष्करेdifficult/hard-to-do

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

devāḥ (the gods)

mānavāḥ (human beings)

rājā (the king, implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes