Shloka 7
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
न चान्यामपि पश्यामि गति गतिमतां वर । स्वर्गद्वारस्य गमने स्थाने चेह द्विजोत्तम
na cānyām api paśyāmi gatiṁ gatimatāṁ vara | svargadvārasya gamane sthāne ceha dvijottama ||
ದ್ವಿಜೋತ್ತಮನೇ, ಚಲಿಸುವ ಜೀವಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ಈ ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಖವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಲು ಸಹ, ಪರಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವರ್ಗದ್ವಾರವನ್ನು ಸೇರುವುದಕ್ಕೂ ಸಹ, ನನಗೆ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಮಾರ್ಗ ಕಾಣುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
सौदास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral dilemma in terms of “gati” (a viable course): the speaker seeks a single right means that can secure well-being here and a worthy outcome after death, implying that ethical action must be evaluated for both worldly and otherworldly consequences.
Saudāsa addresses a brāhmaṇa as an authority figure and confesses that he sees no alternative path available to him—neither for happiness in this life nor for reaching heaven—setting up a request for guidance or justification for the course he is considering.