Shloka 1

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

ऑपनआक्राता बछ। 2 अष्टपञज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: कुण्डल लेकर उत्तंकका लौटना

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa mitrasaham āsādya abhijñānam ayācata | tasmai dadāv abhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvaras tadā |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。ウッタンカはミトラサハ王のもとに赴き、身元を証する印を求めた。するとイクシュヴァーク族随一のその王は、王妃に伝えるべき認証のしるしを授け、彼の言葉が真実として受け入れられるようにした。この挿話は、秘められた重要な言葉を伝えるには確かな証が要ること、また欺きが生じぬようダルマに則って慎重が尽くされることを示している。

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मित्रसहम्: Mitrasa(h)a (king Mitrasaha/Saudāsa)
• मित्रसहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रसह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Active

• अभिज्ञानम्: a token of recognition
• अभिज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अयाचत: asked/begged
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अभिज्ञानम्: a token of recognition
• अभिज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इक्ष्वाकुवरः: the best of the Ikṣvāku line
• इक्ष्वाकुवरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकुवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uttanka
• Mitrasaha (Saudāsa)
• Ikṣvāku dynasty
• Queen (implied recipient of the message/token)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even truthful speech needs credible verification in social and royal contexts; dharma includes safeguarding communication from fraud by using recognized tokens (abhijñāna).

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttanka goes to King Mitrasaha and asks for a sign of recognition so that the queen will accept his message; the king provides an identifying token to authenticate Uttanka’s words.