Shloka 11
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Grief, Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation, and Vyāsa’s Admonition (युधिष्ठिरशोक-निवारणोपदेशः)
प्रियं तु मे स्थात् सुमहत्कृतं चक्रगदाधर । श्रीमन् प्रीतेन मनसा सर्व यादवनन्दन
priyaṃ tu me sthāt sumahat kṛtaṃ cakragadādhara | śrīman prītena manasā sarva yādavanandana ||
युधिष्ठिर बोले— हे चक्र-गदा-धारी! आपने जो किया है, वह मुझे अत्यन्त प्रिय और महान् उपकारक है। हे श्रीमान्, हे यादव-नन्दन! प्रसन्न और अनुग्रहपूर्ण मन से यह सब स्वीकार कीजिए।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharmic gratitude and humility: a righteous king acknowledges benefaction, honors the benefactor with respectful epithets, and requests acceptance in a spirit of goodwill—ethical conduct grounded in appreciative recognition rather than entitlement.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇa with reverence, praising Kṛṣṇa’s great and welcome deed and urging him—‘with a pleased mind’—to accept what is being offered or arranged in this context of post-war restoration and royal duty.