Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 58 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

ऑपनआक्राता बछ। 2 अष्टपञज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: कुण्डल लेकर उत्तंकका लौटना

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa mitrasaham āsādya abhijñānam ayācata | tasmai dadāv abhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvaras tadā |

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಉತ್ತಂಕನು ರಾಜ ಮಿತ್ರಸಹ (ಸೌದಾಸ)ನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಗುರುತಿನ ಚಿಹ್ನೆಯನ್ನು ಬೇಡಿದನು. ಆಗ ಇಕ್ಷ್ವಾಕುವಂಶದ ಆ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ನೃಪತಿ, ರಾಣಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಲು, ಉತ್ತಂಕನ ಮಾತು ಸತ್ಯವೆಂದು ನಂಬಿ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸುವಂತೆ ಒಂದು ಪ್ರಮಾಣ-ಗುರುತನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದನು.

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

सःhe

मित्रसहम्Mitrasa(h)a (king Mitrasaha/Saudāsa)

आसाद्यhaving approached

अभिज्ञानम्a token of recognition

अयाचतasked/begged

तस्मैto him

ददौgave

अभिज्ञानम्a token of recognition

सःhe

चand

इक्ष्वाकुवरःthe best of the Ikṣvāku line

तदाthen

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Uttanka

Mitrasaha (Saudāsa)

Ikṣvāku dynasty

Queen (implied recipient of the message/token)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even truthful speech needs credible verification in social and royal contexts; dharma includes safeguarding communication from fraud by using recognized tokens (abhijñāna).

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttanka goes to King Mitrasaha and asks for a sign of recognition so that the queen will accept his message; the king provides an identifying token to authenticate Uttanka’s words.