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Shloka 1

Night Vigil and Kṛṣṇa’s Instructions to Dāruka (निशि प्रजागरः—दारुकानुशासनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत द्रोणपर्वके अन्तर्गत अभिमन्युवधपर्वमें षोडशराजकीयोपाख्यानविषयक पचपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ५५ ॥। (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ४ श्लोक मिलाकर ५४ श्लोक हैं) ऑपन-- मा बछ। अप ऋाल षट्पज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: राजा सुहोत्रकी दानशीलता नारद उवाच सुहोत्रं नाम राजानं मृतं सृज्जय शुश्रुम । एकवीरमशकक्‍यं तममरैरभिवीक्षितुम्‌,नारदजी कहते हैं--'सूंजय! राजा सुहोत्रकी भी मृत्यु सुनी गयी है। वे अपने समयके अद्वितीय वीर थे। देवता भी उनकी ओर आँख उठाकर नहीं देख सकते थे

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | suhotraṃ nāma rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma | ekavīram aśakyaṃ taṃ amarair abhivīkṣitum ||

Translation

Narada said: “O Sṛñjaya, we have heard that a king named Suhotra has also met his death. In his time he was a peerless hero—so formidable that even the immortals could not bear to look upon him directly.”

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

सुहोत्रम्Suhotra (as object: Suhotra)

नामby name

राजानम्king

मृतम्dead

सृञ्जयO Srijaya

शुश्रुमI heard

एकवीरम्a unique/peerless hero

अशक्यम्impossible (to be ...)

तम्him

अमरैःby the immortals (gods)

अभिवीक्षितुम्to look at, to behold

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Narada

Sṛñjaya

Suhotra

Amaras (gods/immortals)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most peerless worldly power—so great that it intimidates even the gods—remains subject to death; the verse frames heroism and fame within the ethical reminder of human mortality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada begins a new episode by informing Sṛñjaya that King Suhotra has died, while emphasizing Suhotra’s unmatched valor and awe-inspiring presence.