Shloka 43

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

धमस्वापानमेतन्मे ततस्त्वं विप्र लप्स्यसे । ऐरावतसुतेनेह तवानीते हि कुण्डले

Transliteration

dhama svāpānam etan me tataḥ tvaṃ vipra lapsyase | airāvatasuteneha tavānīte hi kuṇḍale |

Translation

Le dijo a Uttanka: «Oh, el mejor de los brahmanes, sopla en este conducto de mi aliento apāna. Si lo haces, obtendrás los dos pendientes que el hijo de Airāvata ha traído aquí para ti».

Word by Word

• धमस्व: blow (you)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: धम् (धमुँ)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• अपानम्: apāna (downward vital air / lower passage)
• अपानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपान
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• मे: my / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• लप्स्यसे: you will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 2, singular, आत्मनेपद

• ऐरावतसुतेन: by the son of Airāvata
• ऐरावतसुतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावतसुत
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• तव: your / of you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• आनीते: brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (नीञ्)
• Form: past passive participle (क्त), neuter, nominative/accusative, dual

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कुण्डले: the two earrings
• कुण्डले: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uttaṅka
• vipra (Brahmin addressee)
• Airāvata
• Airāvata’s son
• kuṇḍala (earrings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast commitment to one’s duty (dharma): the seeker is told to perform a difficult, even unusual act with faith and discipline, and the rightful result—recovery of the earrings needed to fulfill an obligation—will follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka instructs the Brahmin (Uttaṅka himself in the broader episode, addressing a helper) to blow into his apāna-channel; by this act, the son of Airāvata is said to have brought the two earrings, which will then be obtained, advancing the quest to retrieve the lost ornaments.