Shloka 6

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

सम्प्रगृह्य महाबाहुर्भुजं चन्दनभूषितम्‌ । शैलस्तम्भोपमं शौरिरुवाचाभिविनोदयन्‌

Transliteration

sampragṛhya mahābāhur bhujaṃ candanabhūṣitam | śailastambhopamaṃ śaurir uvācābhivinodayan ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະກ່າວວ່າ: ຈາກນັ້ນ ສາວຣິ (ກຣິສນະ) ຜູ້ມີແຂນໃຫຍ່ ໄດ້ຈັບແຂນທີ່ທາຈັນທະນາ—ແນ່ນຫນາດັ່ງເສົາຫີນ—ໄວ້ໃນມືຂອງພຣະອົງ ແລະເລີ່ມກ່າວຖ້ອຍຄຳ ໂດຍປອບໃຈ ແລະບັນເທົາໃຈຂອງຢຸທິສຖິຣ.

Word by Word

• सम्प्रगृह्य: having taken/holding
• सम्प्रगृह्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भुजम्: arm
• भुजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चन्दनभूषितम्: adorned with sandal (paste)
• चन्दनभूषितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्दन-भूषित (प्रातिपदिक; भूषित = भूष् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शैलस्तम्भोपमम्: like a mountain-pillar
• शैलस्तम्भोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैल-स्तम्भ-उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शौरिः: Śauri (Kṛṣṇa)
• शौरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अभिविनोदयन्: amusing/entertaining (him)
• अभिविनोदयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वि-नुद् (नुदति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śauri (Kṛṣṇa/Govinda)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• sandalwood paste (candana)
• stone pillar (śaila-stambha)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ethical instruction is most effective when delivered with compassion: the verse highlights Kṛṣṇa’s method of guiding Yudhiṣṭhira by first soothing his agitation, preparing him to receive dharma-centered counsel rather than reacting from grief or guilt.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa (Śauri) physically takes hold of an arm described as sandalwood-anointed and pillar-like in firmness, and begins speaking in a way meant to entertain/comfort—signaling the start of a consoling discourse to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva setting.