Shloka 15

Dyūta-doṣa-prakāśana — Kṛṣṇa’s Critique of Gambling and the Exile Crisis

Devanagari script

एवमादि महाराज विलप्य दिवमास्थित: । कामगेन स सौभेन क्षिप्त्वा मां कुरुनन्दन,कुरुनन्दन! महाराज! इस प्रकार शिशुपालके लिये विलाप करके मुझपर आक्षेप करता हुआ वह इच्छानुसार चलनेवाले सौभ विमानद्वारा आकाशमें ठहरा हुआ था

Transliteration

evam-ādi mahārāja vilapya divam āsthitaḥ | kāma-gena sa saubhena kṣiptvā māṃ kuru-nandana ||

Translation

O great king, after lamenting in such words and more, he remained stationed in the sky. Then, O delight of the Kurus, having hurled accusations at me, he stayed aloft by means of the Saubha aerial car, which could move wherever its rider wished.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

आदिetc.; and so on

महाराजO great king

विलप्यhaving lamented

दिवम्the sky; heaven

आस्थितःhaving mounted; having taken position

कामगेनby the wish-moving (at will moving)

सःhe

सौभेनby/with the Saubha (aerial city/vehicle)

क्षिप्त्वाhaving hurled; having cast

माम्me

कुरुनन्दनO joy of the Kurus

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Mahārāja (the king addressed)

Kuru-nandana (Kuru prince addressed)

Śiśupāla

Saubha (vimāna/aerial car)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how grief and resentment can lead one to hurl blame even at the righteous; ethically, it cautions that lamentation and accusation do not resolve wrongdoing, and that power or extraordinary means (like a wish-moving aerial car) do not purify an agitated mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

After lamenting for Śiśupāla and speaking at length, the speaker describes an antagonist remaining in the sky, using the Saubha vimāna that moves at will, while directing reproach toward Kṛṣṇa.