Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पराक्रमं मे यदवेदयन्त तेषामर्थे संजय केशवस्य । अनुस्मरंस्तस्य कर्माणि विष्णो- गवलल्‍गणे नाधिगच्छामि शान्तिम्‌,संजय! पाण्डवोंके लिये किये हुए श्रीकृष्णके उस पराक्रमका वृत्तान्त मेरे गुप्तचरोंने मुझे बताया था। गावल्गणे! श्रीहरिके उन वीरोचित कर्मोको बारंबार याद करके मुझे शान्ति नहीं मिल रही है

Transliteration

parākramaṃ me yad avedayanta teṣām arthe saṃjaya keśavasya | anusmaran tasya karmāṇi viṣṇor gavalgaṇe nādhigacchāmi śāntim, saṃjaya ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Sanjaya, my spies reported to me the valor that Keshava displayed for the sake of those Pāṇḍavas. O Gavalgana, as I repeatedly recall those heroic deeds of Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa), I cannot find peace, O Sanjaya.”

Word by Word

• {'parākrama': 'valor, heroic prowess', 'me': 'to me, my', 'yad': 'which', 'avedayanta': 'they reported, they made known', 'teṣām': 'of those (people)

• here: of the Pandavas', 'arthe': 'for the sake/purpose of', 'saṃjaya': 'Sanjaya (addressed)', 'keśava': 'Keshava

• an epithet of Krishna', 'anusmaran': 'recollecting repeatedly, remembering again and again', 'tasya': 'of him, his', 'karmāṇi': 'deeds, actions', 'viṣṇoḥ': 'of Vishnu

• here used for Krishna as divine protector', 'gavalgaṇe': 'O Gavalgana (patronymic/address to Sanjaya)', 'na': 'not', 'adhigacchāmi': 'I attain, I find, I reach', 'śāntim': 'peace, calm, relief'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Viṣṇu
• Gavalgaṇa
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by teṣām)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how remembrance of righteous, divinely guided action can overwhelm the mind: Krishna’s dharmic exertions for the Pandavas are so weighty that the narrator cannot settle into calm. It underscores Krishna as protector of dharma and the deep moral-emotional impact of recalling such deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaishampayana reports that intelligence gathered by spies has informed him of Krishna’s extraordinary valor undertaken on behalf of the Pandavas. Addressing Sanjaya (also called Gavalgana), he confesses that repeatedly recalling Krishna’s heroic actions leaves him restless and unable to find peace.