Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

समेत्य मातुलं गत्वा बलदेवं च मानद । पूजयेथा महाप्राज्ञ मद्वाक्येन यथा्हत:,मानद! महाप्राज्ञ! आप मामाजी तथा भैया बलदेवजीके पास जाकर उनसे मिलिये और मेरी ओरसे उनका यथायोग्य सत्कार कीजिये

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | sametya mātulaṁ gatvā baladevaṁ ca mānada | pūjayethā mahāprājña madvākyeṇa yathārhataḥ ||

Translation

ユディシュティラは言った。「敬うべき者よ、我が母方の叔父バラデーヴァに会いに行け。大賢者よ、我が名において、ふさわしい礼をもって彼を敬い奉れ。」

Word by Word

• समेत्य: having met / after meeting
• समेत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे), कर्तरि, अव्ययभाव (पूर्वक्रिया)

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा, कर्तरि, अव्ययभाव (पूर्वक्रिया)

• बलदेवम्: Baladeva
• बलदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• मानद: O giver of honor (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पूजयेथाः: you should honor / worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) / पूजय (प्रयोजक-धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, Second, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मद्वाक्येन: by my word / on my instruction
• मद्वाक्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्-वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: as / according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• अर्हतः: of the deserving one / as is proper (for him)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्हत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मानद: O giver of honor
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाप्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Baladeva (Balarāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes dharmic conduct through proper honoring of elders and respected relatives: one should offer reverence proportionate to merit and relationship, and convey respect even through messengers acting ‘in one’s name’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira instructs a respected person (addressed as ‘mānada’ and ‘mahāprājña’) to go to Baladeva—his maternal uncle—meet him, and offer due hospitality and honor on Yudhiṣṭhira’s behalf.