Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तदलं ते विरोधेन शमं गच्छ नृपात्मज । वासुदेवेन तीर्थेन कुलं रक्षितुमहसि

Transliteration

tad alaṁ te virodhena śamaṁ gaccha nṛpātmaja | vāsudevena tīrthena kulaṁ rakṣitum arhasi ||

Translation

カṇヴァは言った。「もはやその敵対はやめよ、王子よ。そこに真の利はない。むしろ和へ向かえ。ヴァースデーヴァ（聖クリシュナ）という聖なる拠り所を傍らに得て、パーṇḍुらと和睦を結び、己が一族を守るがよい。」

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing/act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अलम्: enough; stop
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलम्

• ते: for you / of you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Dative/Genitive, Singular

• विरोधेन: by opposition; by hostility
• विरोधेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शमम्: peace; reconciliation
• शमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छ: go; resort to
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नृपात्मज: O king’s son
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वासुदेवेन: by/with Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तीर्थेन: as a refuge; as a sacred support
• तीर्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कुलम्: family; lineage
• कुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रक्षितुम्: to protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you should; you are fit to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present Indicative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अतः: therefore
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• राजकुमार: O prince
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज- कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कण्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kaṇva
• nṛpātmaja (a prince)
• Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• kula (lineage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Hostility is portrayed as fruitless and self-destructive; the wiser course is śama (reconciliation). Aligning with Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) as a moral and spiritual refuge enables the protection of one’s kula and dharma through peace rather than escalation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kaṇva addresses a prince amid rising conflict and urges him to abandon opposition, seek a settlement, and rely on Vāsudeva’s guidance/support so that the dynasty is preserved instead of being consumed by internecine war.