Shloka 77

Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds

Devanagari script

यस्य दिव्यानि कर्माणि प्रवदन्ति मनीषिण: । तान्यहं कीर्तयिष्यामि भक्‍त्या स्थैर्यार्थमात्मन:,मनीषी पुरुष जिनके दिव्य कर्मोंका वर्णन करते हैं, मैं उन्हीं भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी लीलाओंका अपने मनकी स्थिरताके लिये भक्तिपूर्वक वर्णन करूँगा

Transliteration

yasya divyāni karmāṇi pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ | tāny ahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi bhaktyā sthairyārtham ātmanaḥ ||

Translation

ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಯಾರ ದಿವ್ಯಕರ್ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಸಾರುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಅವನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ವರ್ಣಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ; ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ಸ್ಥೈರ್ಯಕ್ಕಾಗಿ.

Word by Word

• {'yasya': 'of whom, whose', 'divyāni': 'divine, celestial', 'karmāṇi': 'deeds, actions', 'pravadanti': 'declare, speak of, proclaim', 'manīṣiṇaḥ': 'the wise, sages, discerning thinkers', 'tāni': 'those (deeds)', 'aham': 'I', 'kīrtayiṣyāmi': 'I shall praise/recount/celebrate', 'bhaktyā': 'with devotion', 'sthairyārtham': 'for the sake of steadiness/firmness (of mind)', 'ātmanaḥ': 'of oneself

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recollection and praise of the Divine—especially the celebrated deeds acknowledged by the wise—cultivates inner steadiness; devotion is presented as a means to stabilize one’s mind and intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśaṃpāyana signals a transition into recounting revered divine exploits (understood here as Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s līlās), stating his purpose: to narrate them devotionally for his own inner firmness.