Shloka 23

Devanagari script

यथा कंसश्ष केशी च धर्मेण निहतौ मया । तेन सत्येन बालो<5यं पुन: संजीवतामयम्‌,“मैंने कंस और केशीका धर्मके अनुसार वध किया है, इस सत्यके प्रभावसे यह बालक फिर जीवित हो जाय'

Transliteration

yathā kaṁsaś ca keśī ca dharmeṇa nihatau mayā | tena satyena bālo 'yaṁ punaḥ saṁjīvatām ayam ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「私がダルマに従ってカンサとケーシーを討ったように、その真実の力によって、この子よ、再び命を得よ。」

Word by Word

यथाjust as / as

कंसःKamsa

केशीKeshi (the demon)

चand

धर्मेणby righteousness / according to dharma

निहतौslain

मयाby me

तेनby that

सत्येनby (this) truth

बालःthe boy/child

अयम्this

पुनःagain

संजीवताम्let (him) live / be revived

अयम्this (one)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Kaṃsa

Keśī

the child (bāla)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A truthful declaration grounded in dharma (satyavacana) is presented as spiritually efficacious: when one’s past actions are righteous, invoking that truth can become a moral force capable of bringing about restoration and protection.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker invokes the precedent of Kaṃsa and Keśī being slain in a dharmic manner and, using that fact as a solemn truth-statement, pronounces a benediction that the child before them should revive and live again.