Shloka 8

कुन्ती-विलापः तथा गोविन्द-आश्वासनम्

Kuntī’s Lament and Govinda’s Consolation

Devanagari script

राजमार्गे नरास्तस्मिन्‌ संस्तुवन्त्यवरनिं गता: । तस्मिन्‌ काले महाराज हषीकेशप्रवेशने,महाराज! जब श्रीकृष्ण नगरमें प्रवेश कर रहे थे, तब राजमार्ममें भूमिपर खड़े हुए मनुष्य उनकी स्तुति करने लगे

Transliteration

rājamārge narās tasmin saṁstuvanty avaranim gatāḥ | tasmin kāle mahārāja hṛṣīkeśa-praveśane ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: O king, at that time, as Hṛṣīkeśa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) was entering the city, the people standing along the royal road began to praise him.

Word by Word

• राजमार्गे: on the royal road
• राजमार्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजमार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संस्तुवन्ति: they praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (स्तवति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अवरनिं: the ground/earth (as object of reference in the line)
• अवरनिं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवरनि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गताः: having gone; standing/being (arrived)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मिन्: at that (time)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हृषीकेशप्रवेशने: at the entry/arrival of Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
• हृषीकेशप्रवेशने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश-प्रवेशन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Hṛṣīkeśa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• the city (nagara)
• rājamārga (royal road)
• the people (narāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights reverence for righteous leadership: when a figure identified with dharma appears, society instinctively honors and looks to him for moral guidance, especially when war and ethical crisis loom.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Kṛṣṇa (Hṛṣīkeśa) enters the city during the Udyoga Parva’s tense preparations, people line the royal road and praise him, marking his arrival as a significant public event.