Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १३ श्लोक हैं) ऑपनआक्राा बा 5 एकोनविशो< ध्याय: चण्डकौशिक मुनिके द्वारा जरासंधका भविष्यकथन तथा पिताके द्वारा उसका राज्याभिषेक करके वनमें जाना श्रीकृष्ण उवाच कस्यचित्‌ त्वथ कालस्य पुनरेव महातपा: । मगधेषूपचक्राम भगवांश्षण्डकौशिक:,श्रीकृष्ण कहते हैं--राजन्‌! कुछ कालके पश्चात्‌ महातपस्वी भगवान्‌ चण्डकौशिक मुनि पुनः मगधदेशमें घूमते हुए आये

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | kasyacit tv atha kālasya punar eva mahātapāḥ | magadheṣūpacakrāma bhagavāñ chaṇḍakauśikaḥ ||

Translation

シュリー・クリシュナは言った。「王よ、しばらく時が過ぎたのち、大いなる苦行を積み、尊ばれる聖仙チャンダカウシカ（Chaṇḍakauśika）が再びマガダの国に来て、その地を巡り歩いた。」

Word by Word

कस्यचित्of some

तुbut/indeed

अथthen/now

कालस्यof time

पुनःagain

एवindeed/just

महातपाःthe great ascetic

मगधेषुin the Magadhas / in Magadha lands

उपचक्रामapproached/went about

भगवान्the venerable one

चण्डकौशिकःChandakaushika (sage)

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Chaṇḍakauśika (sage)

Magadha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the moral authority of tapas (austerity) and the role of revered sages in guiding political life: a king’s story is framed through the arrival of a holy ascetic whose movements and words can shape royal decisions and future events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa begins recounting a past episode: after some time, the sage Chaṇḍakauśika returns to the region of Magadha, setting the stage for subsequent narration connected with Magadha’s ruler(s) and future developments.