Shloka 33

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

दत्त्वाक्रूराय सुतनुं तामाहुकसुतां तदा,तब मैंने आहुककी पुत्री सुतनुका विवाह अक्रूरसे करा दिया और बलरामजीको साथी बनाकर जाति-भाइयोंका कार्य सिद्ध किया। मैंने और बलरामजीने कंस और सुनामाको मार डाला

Transliteration

dattvākrūrāya sutanūṃ tām āhukasutāṃ tadā |

Translation

ພຣະສີກຣິດສະນາຕັດວ່າ: «ໃນເວລານັ້ນ ຂ້າໄດ້ຍົກ ສຸຕະນູ ບຸດສາວຂອງ ອາຫຸກະ ໃຫ້ແຕ່ງງານກັບ ອັກຣູຣະ. ແລ້ວມີ ບະລະຣາມ ເປັນຄູ່ຄຽງ ຂ້າໄດ້ສຳເລັດໜ້າທີ່ຕໍ່ຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງເຮົາ. ຂ້າແລະບະລະຣາມໄດ້ສັງຫານ ກັງສະ ແລະ ສຸນາມາ».

Word by Word

दत्त्वाhaving given

अक्रूरायto Akrūra

सुतनुम्Sutanū (a woman)

ताम्her/that (woman)

आहुकसुताम्the daughter of Āhuka

तदाthen/at that time

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Akrūra

Sutanū

Āhuka

Balarāma

Kaṃsa

Sunāmā

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage highlights dharma expressed as responsibility: forming rightful alliances (marriage given with consent and propriety) and protecting one’s community by removing oppressive forces. Personal power is framed as service to kin and social order rather than self-interest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa recounts past actions: arranging Sutanū’s marriage to Akrūra, acting together with Balarāma to accomplish obligations toward their own people, and the slaying of Kaṃsa (and Sunāmā as named here) as part of restoring rightful order.