Shloka 35

Kṛṣṇasya Khāṇḍavaprasthāt Dvārakā-prayāṇaḥ | Krishna’s Departure for Dvārakā

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्नसाम्बनिशठां श्वारुदेष्णं गद॑ तथा । अनिरुद्धं च भानुं च परिष्वज्य जनार्दन:

Transliteration

pradyumnasāmbaniṣaṭhāṃ śvārudeṣṇaṃ gadaṃ tathā | aniruddhaṃ ca bhānuṃ ca pariṣvajya janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), abrazando a Pradyumna, Sāmba, Niṣaṭha, Śvārudeṣṇa y también a Gada, así como a Aniruddha y a Bhānu, los reunió junto a sí en un gesto de afecto familiar y solidaridad, afirmando los lazos de parentesco y la responsabilidad mutua en medio de los acontecimientos políticos que se desplegaban.

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्न: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्न: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• साम्ब: Samba
• साम्ब: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निशठ: Nishatha
• निशठ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्वारु: Śvāru
• श्वारु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वारु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देष्ण: Deṣṇa
• देष्ण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गद: Gada
• गद: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: and also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अनिरुद्धम्: Aniruddha
• अनिरुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भानुम्: Bhānu
• भानुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परिष्वज्य: having embraced
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-स्वज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pradyumna
• Sāmba
• Niṣaṭha
• Śvārudeṣṇa
• Gada
• Aniruddha
• Bhānu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical weight of kinship: leaders affirm bonds through personal gestures, reinforcing solidarity and shared responsibility—an implicit reminder that political action should not sever humane and familial duties.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) embraces several Yādava kinsmen—Pradyumna, Sāmba, Niṣaṭha, Śvārudeṣṇa, Gada, Aniruddha, and Bhānu—signaling closeness and unity as events in the royal assembly context progress.