Shloka 1

Devanagari script

नफमशा+ (0) अमन न षष्टर्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णद्वारा भगवान्‌ शड्करके माहात्म्यका वर्णन युधिछिर उवाच दुर्वासस: प्रसादात्‌ ते यत्‌ तदा मधुसूदन । अवाप्तमिह विज्ञान तन्मे व्याख्यातुमरहसि

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Durvāsasaḥ prasādāt te yat tadā Madhusūdana | avāptam iha vijñānaṁ tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dit : «Ô Madhusūdana, l’intuition particulière que tu as obtenue ici, en ce monde, en ce temps-là, par la grâce de Durvāsā—daigne m’en exposer la connaissance en détail.»

Word by Word

• {'yudhiṣṭhira uvāca': 'Yudhiṣṭhira said', 'durvāsasaḥ': 'of Durvāsā (the sage Durvāsas)', 'prasādāt': 'from favor, grace, benevolence', 'te': 'to you

• your', 'yat': 'which

• that which', 'tadā': 'then

• at that time', 'madhusūdana': 'slayer of Madhu

• an epithet of Kṛṣṇa', 'avāptam': 'obtained

• attained', 'iha': 'here (in this world/context)', 'vijñānam': 'distinctive knowledge

• insight', 'tat': 'that', 'me': 'to me

• my', 'vyākhyātum': 'to explain

• to expound', 'arhasi': 'you are able/fit

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Durvāsā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Knowledge (vijñāna) is not merely acquired by effort; it can also arise through the grace (prasāda) of a realized sage, and it should be carefully articulated for the benefit of seekers.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira respectfully requests Kṛṣṇa to explain, in detail, the special insight Kṛṣṇa previously obtained through the favor of the sage Durvāsā, setting up a didactic discourse.