Shloka 28

Adhyāya 143: Nocturnal duels—Nākuli and Citraseṇa; Vṛṣasena’s assault; Duḥśāsana vs Prativindhya

Devanagari script

एतेन हि महाबाहो रक्षितव्य: स पार्थिव: । तमेष कथमुत्सूज्य मम कृष्ण पदानुग:,“महाबाहो! सात्यकिको तो उन्हींकी रक्षा करनी चाहिये थी। श्रीकृष्ण! उन्हें छोड़कर ये मेरे पीछे कैसे चले आये?

Transliteration

etena hi mahābāho rakṣitavyaḥ sa pārthivaḥ | tameṣa katham utsṛjya mama kṛṣṇa padānugaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O mighty-armed one, it was by this man that the king ought to have been protected. O Kṛṣṇa, how could he abandon him and come following after me—he who is devoted to your very footsteps?”

Word by Word

एतेनby this (person)

हिindeed/for

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

रक्षितव्यःto be protected/ought to be protected

सःhe/that one

पार्थिवःthe king

तम्him

एषःthis (man)

कथम्how?

उत्सृज्यhaving abandoned/after leaving

ममof me/my

कृष्णO Krishna

पदानुगःa follower (at the heels)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Sātyaki

pārthiva (the king/ruler)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes