Shloka 23

Devanagari script

रुचितं हि ममैतत्ते द्वारकागमनं प्रभो | अचिरादेव द्रष्टा त्वं मातुलं मे जनार्दन

Transliteration

rucitaṃ hi mamaitatte dvārakāgamanam prabho | acirādeva draṣṭā tvaṃ mātulaṃ me janārdana ||

Translation

વૈશમ્પાયન બોલ્યા— પ્રભો! તમારું દ્વારકા ગમન મને અત્યંત ગમે છે. હે જનાર્દન, ટૂંક સમયમાં તમે મારા મામાને દર્શન કરશો।

Word by Word

रुचितम्pleasing, agreeable

हिindeed, for

ममof me, my

एतत्this

तेof you, your

द्वारका-गमनम्going to Dvārakā

प्रभोO lord

अचिरात्soon, before long

एवindeed, just

द्रष्टाseer; one who will see

त्वम्you

मातुलम्maternal uncle

मेmy, of me

जनार्दनO Janārdana (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dvārakā

Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

maternal uncle (mātula)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and social value of honoring kinship and maintaining relationships through timely visits and meetings; it frames the journey to Dvārakā as a welcome, proper course aligned with respect and familial duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, expresses approval of the Lord’s intention to go to Dvārakā and notes that Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) will soon meet the narrator’s maternal uncle, indicating an imminent reunion and a shift of scene toward Dvārakā.