Shloka 15

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

संजयं च महाभागमृषींश्षैव तपोधनान्‌ । प्रादात्‌ तेषां स भगवान्‌ दिव्यं चक्षुर्जनार्दन:

Transliteration

sañjayaṃ ca mahābhāgam ṛṣīṃś caiva tapodhanān | prādāt teṣāṃ sa bhagavān divyaṃ cakṣur janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ ຈະນາຣະດະນະ ໄດ້ປະທານ “ທິບພະສາຍຕາ” ໃຫ້ແກ່ ສັນຊະຍະ ຜູ້ມີກຽດ ແລະແກ່ບັນດາລະສີຜູ້ມີຕະປະອຸດົມ. ດ້ວຍຂອງຂວັນນັ້ນເທົ່ານັ້ນ ພວກເຂົາຈຶ່ງສາມາດເຫັນປາງອັນສະຫວ່າງໄສ ແລະນ່າຢ້ານເກງຂອງພຣະອົງ—ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຄົນອື່ນໆ ຖືກຄວາມຢ້ານກົວຄອບງຳ ບໍ່ອາດລືມຕາໄດ້. ເຫດການນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ການຮັບຮູ້ພຣະເຈົ້າ ແລະທຳມະໃນຍາມວິກິດ ບໍ່ໄດ້ອາໄສແຕ່ສາຍຕາກາຍ; ແຕ່ອາໄສຄວາມພ້ອມພາຍໃນ ແລະພຣະກະລຸນາ.

Word by Word

• संजयम्: Sanjaya (as object)
• संजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाभागम्: highly fortunate/noble
• महाभागम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तपोधनान्: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• तपोधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: to them / of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्षुः: eye/sight (vision)
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Tapodhanas (austere sages)
• Bhagavān Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual and ethical discernment in decisive moments is not merely sensory; it requires inner preparedness (tapas, purity, steadiness) and, ultimately, divine grace. Those endowed with such fitness are enabled to perceive what overwhelms ordinary perception.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) bestows divine sight upon Sañjaya and austere sages so they can behold His extraordinary, terrifyingly radiant manifestation—while others are unable to look upon it.