Mahabharata — Virata Parva, 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

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ນະໂມຕຸ ແດ່ພຣະນາງ ກຣິສນາ ຜູ້ປະທານພອນ—ໂອ ກຸມາຣີ, ໂອ ຜູ້ຖືພຣະພຣົມຈັນ. ຮູບພຣະນາງສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດັ່ງດວງອາທິດອ່ອນຍາມຂຶ້ນ, ແລະໃບໜ້າພຣະນາງຊື່ນໃຈດັ່ງຈັນເຕັມດວງ.» ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ດ້ວຍຄວາມປາຖະໜາຈະໄດ້ເຫັນພຣະເທວີ ແລະໄດ້ຮັບພຣະກະລຸນາ ພຣະຣາຊາຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍພີ່ນ້ອງ ໄດ້ເລີ່ມສັນລະເສີນອີກຄັ້ງ ດ້ວຍນາມອັນເຄົາລົບຫຼາຍປະການ—ເປັນການບູຊາດ້ວຍສັດທາ ອັນຕັ້ງຢູ່ເທິງຄວາມຖ່ອມຕົນ ແລະເຈດຕະນາອັນຊອບທຳທ່າມກາງຄວາມລຳບາກ.

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular

• वरदे: O giver of boons
• वरदे: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• कृष्णे: O Krishna (dark-hued goddess)
• कृष्णे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• कुमारि: O maiden
• कुमारि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचारिणि: O celibate/one observing brahmacarya
• ब्रह्मचारिणि: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिणी
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• बालार्क-सदृश-आकारे: O (you) whose form is like the rising sun
• बालार्क-सदृश-आकारे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकार
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पूर्णचन्द्र-निभ-आनने: O (you) whose face is like the full moon
• पूर्णचन्द्र-निभ-आनने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन
• Form: Neuter, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kṛṣṇā (Goddess)
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍava brothers

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.