Shloka 2

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

संवर्धता गोपकुले बालेनैव महात्मना । विख्यापितं बल बाद्दोस्त्रिषु लोकेषु संजय,संजय! बाल्यावस्थामें ही जब कि वे गोपकुलमें पल रहे थे, महात्मा श्रीकृष्णने अपनी भुजाओंके बल और पराक्रमको तीनों लोकोंमें विख्यात कर दिया

Transliteration

saṃvardhatā gopakule bālenāiva mahātmanā | vikhyāpitaṃ balaṃ bāhvor triṣu lokeṣu saṃjaya saṃjaya ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: While that great-souled one was still growing up among the cowherd community, even in his very childhood he made the strength of his arms and his heroic prowess renowned throughout the three worlds, O Sañjaya.

Word by Word

संवर्धताby (him) growing up / while being brought up

गोपकुलेin the cowherd community

बालेनby the boy

एवindeed / even

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

विख्यापितम्was made famous / was proclaimed

बलम्strength

बाहुदोस्त्रिषुin (his) arms and forearms

लोकेषुin the worlds

त्रिषुin three

संजयO Sañjaya

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Sañjaya

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Gopakula (cowherd community)

Tri-loka (the three worlds)

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?

True greatness is shown early through protective strength and moral purpose: Kṛṣṇa’s childhood feats symbolize power guided by a higher good, inspiring confidence that dharma is safeguarded.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses Sañjaya, recalling that even while being raised among the cowherds, Kṛṣṇa’s extraordinary arm-strength and valor became celebrated across the three worlds.