Shloka 13

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

सौदास उवाच ब्रृहि विप्र यथाकामं प्रतिवक्तास्मि ते वच: । छेत्तास्मि संशयं तेडद्य न मे5त्रास्ति विचारणा,स भवान्‌ मित्रतामद्य सम्प्राप्तो मम पार्थिव । स मे बुद्धि प्रयच्छस्व सम्मतां पुरुषर्षभ पृथ्वीनाथ! पुरुषप्रवर! आज आपके साथ मेरी मित्रता हो गयी है, इसलिये आप मुझे अच्छी सलाह दीजिये

Transliteration

Saudāsa uvāca: brūhi vipra yathākāmaṁ prativaktāsmi te vacaḥ | chettāsmi saṁśayaṁ te ’dya na me ’trāsti vicāraṇā | sa bhavān mitratām adya samprāpto mama pārthiva | sa me buddhiṁ prayacchasva sammatāṁ puruṣarṣabha pṛthvīnatha puruṣapravara ||

Translation

Saudāsa said: “Speak, O brāhmaṇa, exactly as you wish; I shall answer your words. Today I will cut through your doubt—there is no hesitation in me about this. O king, you have now entered into friendship with me; therefore, O best of men, lord of the earth, foremost among persons, grant me counsel that is sound and approved.”

Word by Word

• {'brūhi': 'speak

• tell', 'vipra': 'a brāhmaṇa

• learned priest', 'yathākāmam': 'as you wish

• according to your desire', 'prativaktā asmi': 'I will reply

• I am one who will answer', 'vacaḥ': 'speech

• statement', 'chettā asmi': 'I will cut off

• I will resolve decisively', 'saṁśayam': 'doubt

• uncertainty', 'adya': 'today

• now', 'na me atra asti vicāraṇā': 'there is no deliberation/hesitation for me here', 'bhavān': 'you (honorific)', 'mitratām samprāptaḥ': 'has attained friendship

• has entered into friendly relation', 'pārthiva': 'king

• ruler', 'buddhim': 'counsel

• advice', 'prayacchasva': 'please give

• bestow', 'sammatām': 'approved

• acceptable', 'puruṣarṣabha': 'bull among men

• best of men', 'pṛthvīnatha': 'lord of the earth

• sovereign', 'puruṣapravara': 'foremost among men'}

Speaker

सौदास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saudāsa
• vipra (a brāhmaṇa)
• pārthiva (a king)