Shloka 103

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

यथावत्‌ पृथिवीपाल आवयो: प्रगुणी भव । 'भूपाल! हम दोनों तुम्हारे हितके लिये कुछ कालतक तुम्हारे पास ठहरेंगे। तुम हमारे अनुकूल होकर रहो”

Transliteration

yathāvat pṛthivīpāla āvayoḥ pragūṇī bhava | bhūpāla! āvāṃ tava hitāya kiñcit kālaṃ tvat-samīpe sthāsyāvaḥ | tvaṃ asmāsu anukūlaḥ san tiṣṭha ||

Translation

Wahai pelindung bumi, bersikaplah patut dan berkenan kepada kami. Wahai raja, demi kesejahteraanmu kami berdua akan tinggal di dekatmu untuk beberapa waktu; karena itu tetaplah bersahabat dan bekerja sama dengan kami.

Word by Word

• यथावत्: properly, duly, as it should be
• यथावत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• पृथिवीपाल: O king (protector of the earth)
• पृथिवीपाल: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आवयोः: of us two
• आवयोः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Genitive, Dual (1st person pronoun)

• प्रगुणी: favorable, well-disposed
• प्रगुणी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रगुणिन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular (used predicatively with भव)

• भव: be (become)
• भव: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperative, 2nd person, Singular; Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• pṛthivīpāla/bhūpāla (a king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should respond to wise guidance with proper receptivity and cooperation, especially when counsel is offered explicitly for his welfare; ethical governance begins with humility and willingness to be guided.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa addresses a king as ‘protector of the earth,’ stating that he and his companion will stay nearby for a time for the king’s benefit, and asks the king to remain favorable and aligned with them.