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Shloka 28

Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)

तस्योपविष्टस्य मुनेरुत्सड़ेश निपपात ह । अवातमशुकादष्टमेकमाम्रफलं किल,उसी समय वहाँ बैठे हुए मुनिकी गोदमें एक आमका फल गिरा। वह न हवाके चलनेसे गिरा था, न किसी तोतेने ही उस फलमें अपनी चोंच गड़ायी थी

tasyopaviṣṭasya muner utsaṅge nipapāta ha | avātam aśukādaṣṭam ekam āmraphalaṁ kila ||

Comme le sage était assis, un unique fruit de mangue tomba dans son giron. Il n’avait pas été détaché par le vent, et nul perroquet ne l’avait picoré—comme si l’événement échappait aux causes ordinaires, invitant à méditer sur une action invisible et sur l’ordre moral qui sous-tend les faits.

तस्यof him/that (sage)
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
उपविष्टस्यof (him) seated
उपविष्टस्य:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootउपविष्ट (उप-√विश्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मुनेःof the sage
मुनेः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
उत्सङ्गेin the lap
उत्सङ्गे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउत्सङ्ग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
निपपातfell down
निपपात:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√पत्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular
indeed/just (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अवातम्not by wind / without wind
अवातम्:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअवात (a-vāta)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अशुकात्from a parrot (i.e., not due to a parrot)
अशुकात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअशुक (a-śuka)
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
दष्टम्bitten/pecked
दष्टम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootदष्ट (√दंश्/√दश्)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एकम्one
एकम्:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आम्रफलम्a mango-fruit
आम्रफलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआम्रफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
किलit is said/indeed (reportative particle)
किल:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

M
muni (sage)
Ā
āmraphala (mango fruit)
A
aśuka (parrot)
V
vāta (wind)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights an event presented as beyond ordinary physical causation (neither wind nor a bird), nudging the listener to consider that outcomes may arise from subtle, unseen factors—often framed in the epic as the working of destiny, merit, or dharma.

A sage is seated, and a mango drops directly into his lap. The text explicitly rules out common causes (wind or a parrot’s pecking), marking the incident as noteworthy—an omen-like occurrence that sets up or supports the surrounding narrative point.