Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यथाश्वह्ददयं वेद वासुदेवो महामना: । द्विगुणं त्वं तथा वेत्सि मद्रराजेश्वरात्मज,“मद्रराजकुमार! महामनस्वी श्रीकृष्ण जिस प्रकार अश्वविद्याका रहस्य जानते हैं, वैसा ही, बल्कि उससे भी दूना आप जानते हैं!

Transliteration

yathāśvahṛdayaṃ veda vāsudevo mahāmanāḥ | dviguṇaṃ tvaṃ tathā vetsī madrarājeśvarātmaja ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Just as the great-souled Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) knows the secret lore called ‘Aśvahṛdaya’, so do you know it—indeed, you know it twice as well, O son of the lord of Madra.”

Word by Word

यथाjust as

अश्वहृदयम्the secret/essence called 'Aśvahṛdaya' (horse-lore)

वेदknows

वासुदेवःVāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

महामनाःgreat-minded

द्विगुणम्twofold; twice as much

त्वम्you

तथाin the same way

वेत्सिyou know

मद्रराजेश्वरात्मजO son of the lord/king of Madra

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Vasudeva (Krishna)

Madra king (as father of the addressed prince)

Aśvahṛdaya (esoteric horse-lore)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and narrative function of recognizing true competence: even Kṛṣṇa’s famed knowledge of a secret lore is surpassed by the addressed Madra prince. In the war context, such praise underscores that victory and responsibility hinge on real skill and understanding, not merely status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a statement of comparison and commendation: Kṛṣṇa is cited as a benchmark knower of the ‘Aśvahṛdaya’ secret, and the Madra king’s son is addressed as knowing it equally—indeed, doubly—thereby elevating his reputation for specialized knowledge amid the martial setting of Karṇa Parva.