Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इति निर्बन्धतः स्थालीमानाय्य स यदूद्वह: । स्थाल्या: कण्ठेडथ संलग्नं शाकाजन्नं वीक्ष्य केशव:

Transliteration

iti nirbandhataḥ sthālīm ānīya sa yadūdvahaḥ | sthālyāḥ kaṇṭhe ’tha saṃlagnaṃ śākājannaṃ vīkṣya keśavaḥ ||

Translation

Thus, at their insistent urging, the best of the Yadus brought the cooking pot. Then Keśava looked and saw that, stuck to the pot’s neck, there remained a small residue of vegetable-and-rice food.

Word by Word

इतिthus

निर्बन्धतःfrom insistence/pressure

स्थालीम्a pot/bowl

आनाय्यhaving brought

सःhe

यदूद्धवःthe foremost of the Yadus

स्थाल्याःof the pot

कण्ठेon/at the neck (rim)

अथthen

संलग्नम्stuck/attached

शाकम्vegetable/greens

अन्नम्food/rice

वीक्ष्यhaving seen

केशवःKeshava (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Yadūdvaha (Kṛṣṇa)

sthālī (cooking pot)

śākājanna (vegetable-and-rice food)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how persistent insistence (nirbandha) can force actions that reveal hidden remnants and consequences; even a small leftover can become significant, suggesting that moral outcomes may hinge on seemingly minor details when intent is obstinate.

What is happening in the narrative?

Under pressure, Kṛṣṇa (Yadūdvaha/Keśava) brings the cooking pot and notices a bit of vegetable-and-rice food stuck at its neck, a detail presented as narratively important and suggestive of impending consequence.