Virata Parva Adhyaya 6 Shloka 7 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

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Shloka 7

Adhyāya 6: Kaṅka (Yudhiṣṭhira) Seeks Refuge in Virāṭa’s Assembly

Devanagari script

नमोस्तु वरदे कृष्णे कुमारि ब्रह्मचारिणि । बालार्कसदृशाकारे पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानने

Transliteration

namo'stu varade kṛṣṇe kumāri brahmacāriṇi | bālārka-sadṛśākāre pūrṇa-candra-nibhānane ||

Translation

ಹೇ ವರದಾಯಿನಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣೇ, ಹೇ ಕುಮಾರಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿಣಿ! ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ನಿನ್ನ ರೂಪ ಉದಯಿಸುವ ಬಾಲಸೂರ್ಯನಂತೆ ದೀಪ್ತವಾಗಿದೆ; ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಖ ಪೂರ್ಣಿಮೆಯ ಚಂದ್ರನಂತೆ ಶೀತಲ ಆನಂದವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.

Word by Word

नमःsalutation

अस्तुlet it be

वरदेO giver of boons

कृष्णेO Krishna (dark-hued goddess)

कुमारिO maiden

ब्रह्मचारिणिO celibate/one observing brahmacarya

बालार्क-सदृश-आकारेO (you) whose form is like the rising sun

पूर्णचन्द्र-निभ-आननेO (you) whose face is like the full moon

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Kṛṣṇā (Goddess)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍava brothers

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic devotion: in hardship one approaches the divine with humility, self-restraint, and reverent speech, seeking boons not through entitlement but through disciplined praise and surrender.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, with his brothers, resumes a hymn to the Goddess, addressing her as Kṛṣṇā, boon-giver, maiden, and brahmacāriṇī, describing her radiant, auspicious appearance like the rising sun and the full moon.