Shloka 5

Jarāsandha-vadha-upadeśa and the Departure toward Magadha (जरासन्धवधोपदेशः मागधप्रस्थानं च)

Devanagari script

लिखिता चैव कुड्येषु पुत्रैबहुभिरावृता । गन्धपुष्पैस्तथा धूपैर्भक्ष्यभोज्यै: सुपूजिता,एवं तुम्हारे घरकी दीवारोंपर मेरा ऐसा चित्र अंकित किया गया है, जिसमें मैं अनेक पुत्रोंसे घिरी हुई खड़ी हूँ। उस चित्रके रूपमें मेरा गन्ध, पुष्प, धूप और भक्ष्य-भोज्य पदार्थोद्वारा भलीभाँति पूजन होता आ रहा है

Transliteration

likhitā caiva kuḍyeṣu putrair bahubhir āvṛtā | gandha-puṣpais tathā dhūpair bhakṣya-bhojyaiḥ supūjitā ||

Translation

And on the walls there is indeed a painted likeness of me—shown standing surrounded by many sons. In that form I have long been duly worshipped with perfumes, flowers, incense, and offerings of foods and delicacies.

Word by Word

लिखिताwritten/inscribed

चand

एवindeed/just

कुड्येषुon (the) walls

पुत्रैःby sons

बहुभिःmany

आवृताsurrounded/encircled

गन्धैःwith fragrances

पुष्पैःwith flowers

तथाlikewise/also

धूपैःwith incense

भक्ष्यैःwith eatables/delicacies

भोज्यैःwith foods (to be eaten)

सुपूजिताwell-worshipped/honoured

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

kuḍya (wall)

likhita-pratimā/citra (painted image, implied)

putra (sons)

gandha (perfume)

puṣpa (flowers)

dhūpa (incense)

bhakṣya-bhojya (food offerings)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea of sustained reverence expressed through concrete acts—maintaining an image and offering fragrance, flowers, incense, and food—showing how devotion is embodied in regular, respectful household worship.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker describes how their figure has been depicted on household walls, portrayed as surrounded by many sons, and how that depicted form has been continually honored with standard ritual offerings such as perfumes, flowers, incense, and food.