Shloka 56

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

Devanagari script

प्रसाद्य ब्राह्मण ते तु पाद्यमर्घ्य निवेद्य च । प्रायच्छन्‌ कुण्डले दिव्ये पन्नगा: परमार्चिते

Transliteration

prasādya brāhmaṇa te tu pādyam arghyaṃ nivedya ca | prāyacchan kuṇḍale divye pannagāḥ paramārcite ||

Translation

Après avoir apaisé le brāhmaṇa, les Nāgas lui offrirent l’eau rituelle pour laver les pieds (pādya) ainsi que l’arghya d’honneur; puis ils rendirent les deux boucles d’oreilles divines, tenues pour suprêmement vénérables.

Word by Word

• प्रसाद्य: having pleased
• प्रसाद्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रसादय् (प्र + सद् caus.)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

• ब्राह्मणम्: the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्घ्यम्: honorary offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निवेद्य: having offered/presented
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

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

• प्रायच्छन्: they gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुण्डले: two earrings
• कुण्डले: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• दिव्ये: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

• पन्नगाः: the serpents (Nāgas)
• पन्नगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परमार्चिते: most-honored / supremely worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + अर्चित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Dual

Speaker

अश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)
• पन्नगाः/नागाः (Nāgas/serpents)
• पाद्य (pādya offering)
• अर्घ्य (arghya offering)
• दिव्ये कुण्डले (divine earrings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dharma includes honoring the worthy through proper hospitality (pādya, arghya), seeking reconciliation by pleasing the righteous, and restoring what is due; power is shown not by force but by reverence and ethical restitution.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Nāgas, after pacifying a brāhmaṇa, perform formal acts of respect by offering pādya and arghya, and they return the two divine earrings that are described as highly revered.