Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

ते धूमरक्तनयना वल्नलितेजोडभितापिता: । आजममुनिश्चियं ज्ञातुं भार्गवस्य महात्मन:,धुआँ लगनेसे नागोंकी आँखें लाल हो गयी थीं। वे आगकी आँचसे तप रहे थे। महात्मा भार्गव (उत्तंक)-का क्या निश्चय है, यह जाननेके लिये सभी एकत्र होकर उनके पास आये

Transliteration

te dhūma-rakta-nayanā vahni-līḍhābhitāpitāḥ | ājagmur muni-niścayaṃ jñātuṃ bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

With their eyes reddened by smoke and their bodies scorched by the licking flames, the Nāgas came together and approached the great Bhārgava sage, seeking to learn what resolve he had formed. The scene underscores how suffering and fear can drive even powerful beings to seek counsel and clarity, and it frames the ethical tension between anger-driven retaliation and a considered, dharma-aligned decision.

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

धूम-रक्त-नयनाःhaving smoke-reddened eyes

वह्नि-लित-तेजःthe fire's heat/energy (blazing heat)

उद्भि-तापिताःscorched / heated up

आगमम्approach/coming (arrival)

मुनयःsages

निश्चयम्decision/resolve

ज्ञातुम्to know

भार्गवस्यof Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

Speaker

अश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Aśva (the Horse, speaker)

Nāgāḥ (serpents)

Bhārgava (the great sage; identified in context as Uttanka)

Vahni (fire)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes