Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अनुनीतो<स्मि गोविन्द तारितश्नास्मि माधव । मोचिता व्यसनाद्‌ घोराद्‌ वयमद्य त्वयाच्युत,“गोविन्द! आप जैसा कहते हैं, वह ठीक है। वास्तवमें मुझसे यह नियमका उल्लंघन हो गया है। माधव! आपने अनुनयद्वारा मुझे संतुष्ट कर दिया और संकटके समुद्रमें डूबनेसे बचा लिया। अच्युत! आज आपके द्वारा हमलोग घोर विपत्तिसे बच गये

Transliteration

anunīto 'smi govinda tāritaś cāsmi mādhava | mocitā vyasanād ghorād vayam adya tvayācyuta ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “O Govinda, what you say is right. In truth, I have transgressed the rule. O Mādhava, by your gentle persuasion you have satisfied me and saved me from sinking in an ocean of peril. O Acyuta, today it is by you that we have been delivered from a dreadful calamity.”

Word by Word

• {"anunītaḥ/asmi (anunīto 'smi)": 'I have been won over

• brought to agreement by persuasion', 'govinda': 'Govinda

• also ‘knower of the Vedas/earth’ in traditional glosses)', 'tāritaḥ (tāritaś cāsmi)': 'saved

• delivered', 'mādhava': 'Mādhava

• also ‘lord of Lakṣmī/Mā’ in later usage)', 'mocitāḥ (mocitā ... vayam)': 'we have been released/freed', 'vyasana': 'calamity

• addiction/vice (contextually: disaster)', 'ghora': 'terrible

• fierce', 'vayam': 'we', 'adya': 'today

• now', 'tvayā': 'by you (instrumental)', 'acyuta': 'Acyuta

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Govinda (Krishna)
• Madhava (Krishna)
• Acyuta (Krishna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical self-correction and the power of wise, gentle counsel: admitting one’s lapse (rule-breaking) and accepting guidance leads to rescue from grave consequences; it also frames Kṛṣṇa as the steady protector who ‘carries across’ distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a moment of reconciliation and relief: addressing Kṛṣṇa by multiple epithets, he acknowledges that Kṛṣṇa’s words are correct, confesses a breach of proper conduct, and credits Kṛṣṇa’s persuasion for saving ‘us’ from a terrifying crisis—imagined as an ocean of danger.