Shloka 43
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
कृष्ण कृष्ण महायोगिन् विश्वात्मन् विश्वभावन । प्रपन्नां पाहि गोविन्द कुरुमध्येडवसीदतीम्
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahāyogin viśvātman viśvabhāvana | prapannāṃ pāhi govinda kurumadhye ’vasīdatīm ||
ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಕೃಷ್ಣ! ಹೇ ಮಹಾಯೋಗೀ, ಹೇ ವಿಶ್ವಾತ್ಮ, ಹೇ ವಿಶ್ವಭಾವನ! ಗೋವಿಂದನೇ! ಕೌರವರ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ದುಃಖದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಈ ಶರಣಾಗತೆಯನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
When human authority and social norms fail, dharma is upheld through refuge in the highest moral and spiritual principle; surrender (prapatti) is portrayed as a legitimate response to injustice, invoking protection for the powerless.
In the Kuru assembly, a distressed woman—overwhelmed and dishonored—calls out repeatedly to Krishna by his epithets, declaring herself surrendered and asking to be saved while she is ‘sinking’ amid the Kauravas.