Shloka 83

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्न इव गोविन्द विनयेनोपतस्थिवान्‌ । इसी प्रकार वह भूपाल प्रद्युम्नकी भाँति विनीत भावसे शंख-चक्र-गदाधारी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुआ

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pradyumna iva govinda vinayenopatasthivān |

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Con humilde disciplina, aquel rey se acercó y quedó al servicio de Govinda, tal como lo haría Pradyumna: presentándose con reverencia ante Śrī Kṛṣṇa, portador de la caracola, el disco y la maza. La escena subraya el ideal ético de que la verdadera realeza no se muestra solo por el poder, sino por la mesura cortés y el servicio devoto al Señor justo.

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• गोविन्द: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विनयेन: with humility/modesty
• विनयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उपतस्थिवान्: stood near/attended upon (came to serve)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्-अर्थे परस्मैपदी भावः; कृदन्त-रूपम्), Perfect (completed action), Third, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pradyumna
• Govinda (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• King (bhūpāla, implied in the narrative)
• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Cakra (discus)
• Gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights vinaya (humble discipline) as a mark of dharmic character: even a king should approach the righteous Lord with reverence and service-mindedness, modeling ethical restraint rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a king coming before Govinda (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) and standing in attendance with humility, compared to Pradyumna’s respectful manner toward Kṛṣṇa.