Shloka 40

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devanagari script

| हक! गिरती) ॥ मयैतानि च वाक्यानि श्रावित: शोकलालस: । यानि ते यदुवीरेण कथितानि महीपते

Transliteration

mayaitāni ca vākyāni śrāvitaḥ śokalālasaḥ | yāni te yaduvīreṇa kathitāni mahīpate ||

Translation

Parvata dit : «Ô roi, ces mêmes paroles m’ont été récitées alors que je languissais dans le chagrin — celles que le héros des Yadu t’avait adressées, ô souverain.»

Word by Word

मयाby me

एतानिthese

चand

वाक्यानिwords; statements

श्रावितःwas made to hear; was recited to (you)

शोकलालसःeager for lamentation; craving grief

यानिwhich

तेto you

यदुवीरेणby the Yadu-hero (Krishna)

कथितानिtold; spoken

महीपतेO king

Speaker

पर्वत उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parvata

Mahīpati (the king addressed)

Yaduvīra (a hero of the Yadu lineage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the transmission of counsel: authoritative words once spoken by a renowned Yadu hero are being recalled and re-presented to a king, emphasizing how ethical-political instruction (dharma for rulers) is preserved through hearing and retelling, especially in times of grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parvata addresses a king and says he has had certain statements recited to him while overcome with sorrow; these are the same statements earlier spoken to the king by a celebrated Yadu hero, setting up a continuation or reiteration of that prior counsel.