Shloka 23

कुरुसभायां केशवागमन-सत्कारविधानम् / Preparations to Honor Keśava at the Kuru Court

Devanagari script

अभ्यतीत्य तु तत्‌ सर्वमुवाच मधुसूदन: । युधिष्ठिरस्य कार्यार्थमिह वत्स्यामहे क्षपाम्‌,संध्या-वन्दन आदि सारा कार्य समाप्त करके मधुसूदन श्रीकृष्णने कहा--“युधिष्ठिरका कार्य सिद्ध करनेके लिये आज रातमें हमलोग यहीं रहेंगे”

Transliteration

abhyatītya tu tat sarvam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ | yudhiṣṭhirasya kāryārtham iha vatsyāmahe kṣapām |

Translation

તે બધાં આચારો પૂર્ણ કરીને મધુસૂદને કહ્યું—“યુધિષ્ઠિરનું કાર્ય સિદ્ધ કરવા માટે આજે રાત્રે આપણે અહીં જ રહીશું.”

Word by Word

अभ्यतीत्यhaving gone over / having passed through

तुbut/indeed

तत्that

सर्वम्all/entire

उवाचsaid/spoke

मधुसूदनःMadhusūdana (Krishna)

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhiṣṭhira

कार्यार्थम्for the purpose of (his) task

इहhere

वत्स्यामहेwe shall stay/dwell

क्षपाम्the night

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Madhusūdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Yudhiṣṭhira

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?

Purposeful action in service of dharma should be carried out with steadiness and discipline: Kṛṣṇa completes due observances and then commits to a concrete plan to advance Yudhiṣṭhira’s rightful objective.

What is happening in the narrative?

After finishing the relevant duties/observances, Kṛṣṇa announces that they will remain there for the night so that Yudhiṣṭhira’s intended work can be successfully carried out.