Shloka 156

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

गच्छावधानं नृपते ततो दु:खं प्रहास्यसि । “नरेश्वर! मैं पूर्ववर्ती राजाओंके महान्‌ सौभाग्यका वर्णन करता हूँ। सुनो और सावधान हो जाओ। इससे तुम्हारा दुःख दूर हो जायगा

Transliteration

gacchāvadhānaṃ nṛpate tato duḥkhaṃ prahāsyasi |

Translation

Vāyu said: “Attend carefully, O king; then you will cast off your sorrow. I shall describe to you the great good fortune of the kings of old—listen with focused mind, and your grief will be dispelled.”

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go / proceed
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

• अवधानम्: attention, heed
• अवधानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवधान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नृपते: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• ततः: then; from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दुःखम्: sorrow, grief
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रहास्यसि: you will laugh away / you will dismiss (by laughing)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस्
• Form: लृट्, परस्मैपद, मध्यम, एकवचन

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (the Wind-god)
• nṛpati (the king, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Focused listening and attentive reflection on exemplary narratives (here, the fortunes and conduct of earlier kings) is presented as a practical means to overcome grief and regain steadiness of mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses a king in a consolatory, instructive tone, urging him to be attentive; Vāyu then prepares to recount accounts of former kings whose great fortune (and implied dharmic conduct) will help relieve the king’s present sorrow.