Shloka 83

राजपूजाविधानम् / Royal Reception Protocols during Āśvamedha Preparations

Devanagari script

प्रद्युम्न इव गोविन्द विनयेनोपतस्थिवान्‌ । इसी प्रकार वह भूपाल प्रद्युम्नकी भाँति विनीत भावसे शंख-चक्र-गदाधारी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुआ

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pradyumna iva govinda vinayenopatasthivān |

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。あの王は謙虚な規律をもってゴーヴィンダに近づき、プラデュムナのごとくその御前に侍した――法螺貝・円盤・棍棒を携えるシュリー・クリシュナの前に、恭しく身を差し出したのである。この場面は、真の王者の姿とは力のみならず、礼節ある自制と、正しき主への献身的奉仕によって示されるという倫理の理想を照らし出す。

Word by Word

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गोविन्द: O Govinda
• गोविन्द: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विनयेन: with humility/modesty
• विनयेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उपतस्थिवान्: stood near/attended upon (came to serve)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-स्था
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्-अर्थे परस्मैपदी भावः; कृदन्त-रूपम्), Perfect (completed action), Third, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pradyumna
• Govinda (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• King (bhūpāla, implied in the narrative)
• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Cakra (discus)
• Gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights vinaya (humble discipline) as a mark of dharmic character: even a king should approach the righteous Lord with reverence and service-mindedness, modeling ethical restraint rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a king coming before Govinda (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) and standing in attendance with humility, compared to Pradyumna’s respectful manner toward Kṛṣṇa.