Shloka 8

Devanagari script

नैतत्कारणमल्पं हि भविष्यति जनार्दन । तदद्य शंस मे पृष्ट: सत्यं सत्यवतां वर,'परंतु जनार्दन! आपको जो इतनी खुशी हो रही है उसका कोई छोटा-मोटा कारण न होगा। वही मैं आपसे पूछता हूँ। सत्यवक्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ प्रभो! आप इसका मुझे यथार्थ कारण बताइये

Transliteration

naitat kāraṇam alpaṃ hi bhaviṣyati janārdana | tad adya śaṃsa me pṛṣṭaḥ satyaṃ satyavatāṃ vara ||

Translation

Wahai Janārdana, sebab timbulnya sukacita sebesar ini tak mungkin sepele. Maka hari ini, karena aku bertanya kepadamu—wahai yang terbaik di antara para penutur kebenaran—katakanlah dengan jujur apa alasan yang sesungguhnya.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'naitat', 'meaning': 'not this

• this is not'}, {'term': 'kāraṇam', 'meaning': 'cause, reason'}, {'term': 'alpam', 'meaning': 'small, slight, insignificant'}, {'term': 'hi', 'meaning': 'indeed, surely (emphatic particle)'}, {'term': 'bhaviṣyati', 'meaning': 'will be, will prove to be'}, {'term': 'janārdana', 'meaning': "Janārdana (epithet of Kṛṣṇa

• 'afflicter of foes/people')"}, {'term': 'tad', 'meaning': 'therefore

• that (referring to the matter at hand)'}, {'term': 'adya', 'meaning': 'today, now'}, {'term': 'śaṃsa', 'meaning': 'tell, declare, relate'}, {'term': 'me', 'meaning': 'to me, for me'}, {'term': 'pṛṣṭaḥ', 'meaning': 'asked, questioned'}, {'term': 'satyam', 'meaning': 'truthfully

• the truth'}, {'term': 'satyavatām vara', 'meaning': 'best of the truthful (an honorific address)'}]

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds satya (truthfulness) as an ethical ideal: when a significant emotional shift is observed, one should inquire directly and request a truthful explanation, especially from one regarded as committed to truth.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker observes that Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) appears unusually pleased and concludes it must have a serious cause; he therefore asks Kṛṣṇa to disclose the real reason truthfully.