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Shloka 18

Uddhava’s Counsel: The Jarāsandha Resolution and Kṛṣṇa’s Arrival at Indraprastha

Devanagari script

अथो मुनिर्यदुपतिना सभाजित: प्रणम्य तं हृदि विदधद् विहायसा । निशम्य तद्व्‍यवसितमाहृतार्हणो मुकुन्दसन्दरशननिर्वृतेन्द्रिय: ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

atho munir yadu-patinā sabhājitaḥ praṇamya taṁ hṛdi vidadhad vihāyasā niśamya tad-vyavasitam āhṛtārhaṇo mukunda-sandaraśana-nirvṛtendriyaḥ

Translation

ついで、ヤドゥ族の主シュリー・クリシュナに厚くもてなされたナーラダ仙は、主に礼拝してひれ伏した。クリシュナとの邂逅により彼の諸感覚は満ち足りた。主の決意を聞き、さらに主自らの供養を受けたのち、ナーラダは主を心に堅く安置し、天空の道を去って行った。

Synonyms
अथोthen indeed
अथो:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ + उ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ‘अथ’ (then) + ‘उ’ (emphatic particle)
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
यदु-पतिनाby the lord of the Yadus
यदु-पतिना:
Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/agent in passive)
TypeNoun
Rootयदु (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative) ‘यदूनाम् पतिः’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
सभाजितःhonored
सभाजितः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसभाजित (कृदन्त; √सभाज्/√भज् (धातु) caus./denom.)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — honored/received
प्रणम्यhaving bowed
प्रणम्य:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-√नम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — having bowed
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — सर्वनाम
हृदिin (his) heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
विदधत्placing (him)
विदधत्:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — placing/holding
विहायसाthrough the sky/through the air
विहायसा:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविहायस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘by the sky/through the air’ (instrumental of manner)
निशम्यhaving heard
निशम्य:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि-√शम्/√शृ (धातु; ‘to hear’)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — having heard/learned
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘that’
व्यवसितम्the resolve/decision
व्यवसितम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यवसित (कृदन्त; वि-अव-√सो/√सि (धातु) / √वस्?; ‘resolved/decided’)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) used substantively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — decision/resolve
आहृत-अर्हणःhaving brought the offering/honorarium
आहृत-अर्हणः:
Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआहृत (कृदन्त; आ-√हृ (धातु)) + अर्हण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘आहृतम् अर्हणम् यस्य’ (brought offerings); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
मुकुन्द-सन्दर्शन-निर्वृत-इन्द्रियःwhose senses were delighted by seeing Mukunda
मुकुन्द-सन्दर्शन-निर्वृत-इन्द्रियः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुकुन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्वृत (कृदन्त; निर्-√वृ (धातु)) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘मुकुन्दस्य सन्दर्शनेन निर्वृतानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Characters & Entities
N
Nārada Muni
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Yadupati, Mukunda)

FAQs

This verse states that Nārada’s senses became fully pacified and satisfied simply by seeing Mukunda (Kṛṣṇa), showing that divine vision of the Lord is itself spiritually fulfilling.

After receiving Kṛṣṇa’s respectful hospitality, Nārada intended to continue his travels; the verse describes him bowing, fixing the Lord in his heart, and leaving by the sky—typical of Nārada’s itinerant service.

By remembering Kṛṣṇa with devotion—through japa, kīrtana, and mindful recollection—one can carry spiritual focus within the heart while moving through daily duties, as Nārada does here.

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