Shloka 62
Adhyāya 45 — Duryodhana’s Distress, Śakuni’s Counsel, and the Summons for Dyūta
प्रययौ पुण्डरीकाक्षस्ततो द्वारवतीं पुरीम्,फिर स्नान और जप करके उन्होंने ब्राह्मणोंसे स्वस्तिवाचन कराया। इसके बाद महाबाहु दारुक मेघके समान नीले रंगका सुन्दर रथ जोतकर उनकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुआ। गरुडध्वजसे सुशोभित उस सुन्दर रथको उपस्थित देख महामना कमलनयन श्रीकृष्णने उसकी दक्षिणावर्त प्रदक्षिणा की और उसपर आखरूढ़ हो वे द्वारकापुरीकी ओर चल पड़े
vaiśampāyana uvāca | prayayau puṇḍarīkākṣas tato dvāravatīṃ purīm | snātvā japam ca kṛtvā ca brāhmaṇebhyaḥ svastivācanaṃ kārayām āsa | tataḥ mahābāhur dāruko meghaśyāmaṃ sundaraṃ rathaṃ yuktvā tasya sevāyām upasthitaḥ | garuḍadhvajena suśobhitaṃ taṃ sundaraṃ rathaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāmanāḥ kamalanayanaḥ śrīkṛṣṇas tasya dakṣiṇāvartaṃ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā tam āruroha, dvārakāpurīṃ prati prayayau ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then the lotus-eyed Lord set out for the city of Dvāravatī. After bathing and performing japa, he had the brāhmaṇas pronounce auspicious benedictions. Thereupon the mighty-armed Dāruka, having yoked a beautiful chariot dark-blue like a rain-cloud and adorned with the banner of Garuḍa, stood ready in attendance. Seeing that splendid chariot, the high-minded, lotus-eyed Śrī Kṛṣṇa circumambulated it in the auspicious rightward manner, mounted it, and proceeded toward the city of Dvārakā.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage models dharmic conduct before undertaking an important journey: purification (snāna), disciplined prayer (japa), receiving blessings from brāhmaṇas (svastivācana), and showing reverence through auspicious circumambulation (pradakṣiṇā). It presents ethical attentiveness to ritual propriety and respect for sacred symbols.
Kṛṣṇa prepares to depart for Dvārakā. After bathing and japa, he has brāhmaṇas recite blessings. His attendant Dāruka brings a cloud-dark, Garuḍa-bannered chariot. Kṛṣṇa circumambulates it clockwise, mounts, and sets off toward Dvārakā.