Shloka 91

Kṛṣṇa at Duryodhana’s House: Refusal of Hospitality and Departure to Vidura (कृष्णस्य धार्तराष्ट्रनिवेशनगमनम्)

Devanagari script

वासुदेव उवाच का तु सीमन्तिनी त्वादृक्‌ लोकेष्वस्ति पितृष्वस: । शूरस्य राज्ञो दुहिता आजमीढकुलं गता

Transliteration

vāsudeva uvāca kā tu sīmāntinī tvādṛk lokeṣv asti pitṛṣvasaḥ | śūrasya rājño duhitā ājamīḍhakulaṃ gatā ||

Translation

Dijo Vāsudeva: «Oh tía, ¿quién en todos los mundos es una esposa afortunada como tú? Eres hija del rey Śūra, y por matrimonio has entrado en el linaje de Ājamīḍha».

Word by Word

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• का: who?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सीमन्तिनी: a married woman (with hair-parting; a noble lady)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीमन्तिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वादृक्: like you; of your kind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वादृश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अस्ति: exists/is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पितृष्वसः: O paternal aunt (father’s sister)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-स्वसृ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• शूरस्य: of Shura
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुहिता: daughter
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अजमीढकुलम्: the lineage/family of Ajamidha
• अजमीढकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजमीढ-कुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गता: gone; (having) entered (by marriage)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• pitṛṣvasā (paternal aunt, addressed)
• King Śūra
• Ājamīḍha (eponym of a royal lineage)
• Ājamīḍha-kula (Ājamīḍha dynasty)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic esteem for family bonds and social virtue: honoring elders/kin and recognizing the dignity associated with a woman’s auspicious marital and familial standing, expressed through respectful praise.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva addresses his paternal aunt and praises her exceptional good fortune, identifying her noble birth as King Śūra’s daughter and her marriage into the renowned Ājamīḍha lineage.