Shloka 23

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

रुचितं हि ममैतत्ते द्वारकागमनं प्रभो | अचिरादेव द्रष्टा त्वं मातुलं मे जनार्दन

Transliteration

rucitaṃ hi mamaitatte dvārakāgamanam prabho | acirādeva draṣṭā tvaṃ mātulaṃ me janārdana ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお主よ、そなたのドヴァーラカー行きの企ては、まことに我が心を喜ばせる。ほどなくして、ジャナールダナよ、そなたは必ずや我が母方の叔父にまみえるであろう。」

Word by Word

• रुचितम्: pleasing, agreeable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुच् (धातु) → रुचित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मम: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• द्वारका-गमनम्: going to Dvārakā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक); द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अचिरात्: soon, before long
• अचिरात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अचिर (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• द्रष्टा: seer; one who will see
• द्रष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → द्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• मातुलम्: maternal uncle
• मातुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मे: my, of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• जनार्दन: O Janārdana (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dvārakā
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• maternal uncle (mātula)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and social value of honoring kinship and maintaining relationships through timely visits and meetings; it frames the journey to Dvārakā as a welcome, proper course aligned with respect and familial duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, expresses approval of the Lord’s intention to go to Dvārakā and notes that Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) will soon meet the narrator’s maternal uncle, indicating an imminent reunion and a shift of scene toward Dvārakā.