Shloka 42

Jarāsandha as Obstacle to the Rājasūya — Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Genealogical Brief

Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 13

Devanagari script

व्यतीत्य विविधान्‌ देशांस्त्वरावान्‌ क्षिप्रवाहन:,मार्गमें अनेक देशोंको लाँघते हुए वे बड़ी उतावलीके साथ आगे बढ़ रहे थे। उनके रथके घोड़े बहुत तेज चलनेवाले थे

Transliteration

Vyatītya vividhān deśāṁs tvarāvān kṣipravāhanaḥ.

Translation

さまざまな国土を次々と駆け越え、彼は大いなる焦燥のうちに前へ前へと進んだ。戦車を牽く馬はきわめて俊足で、旅路に遅滞はなかった。

Word by Word

• व्यतीत्य: having crossed/passed beyond
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अति + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• विविधान्: various, diverse
• विविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• देशान्: countries/regions
• देशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्वरावान्: hasty, in great hurry
• त्वरावान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिप्रवाहनः: having swift conveyance/steeds (swift-mounted)
• क्षिप्रवाहनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप्र-वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• deśa (regions/territories)
• ratha (chariot, implied by context)
• aśva (horses, implied by kṣipravāhanaḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights purposeful urgency: when duty or a pressing objective calls, one should act decisively and without needless delay, using appropriate means while remaining focused on the goal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes a person traveling rapidly—crossing many regions in haste—driven forward by swift chariot-horses, indicating an urgent mission or time-sensitive movement within the story.