Shloka 3
गोप्रदानविधिः (Gopradāna-vidhi) — Procedure and Praise of Cow-Gifting
द्वारवत्यां यथा चासौ निविशन्त्यां समुद्धृत: । मोक्षहेतुरभूत् कृष्णस्तदप्यवधृतं मया
dvāravatyāṃ yathā cāsau niviśantyāṃ samuddhṛtaḥ | mokṣahetur abhūt kṛṣṇas tad apy avadhṛtaṃ mayā ||
「また、ドヴァーラヴァティーが築かれつつあった折に、彼がいかにして救い出されたか、そしてその救済の決定的な因が聖なるクリシュナであったことも、私は明らかに理解しております。これらの事柄を私は心して聴き、その意味を掴みました。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that deliverance (mokṣa or rescue from peril) is ultimately attributed to Kṛṣṇa as the effective cause, and it models the ethical discipline of attentive listening and firm comprehension before drawing conclusions.
Yudhiṣṭhira states that he has understood an account describing how someone was rescued at the time Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) was being established, and that Kṛṣṇa was the key agent behind that rescue.