Shloka 25

Uttanka’s Guru-Śuśrūṣā and the Commission to Retrieve the Maṇikuṇḍalas (उत्तङ्क-गुरुशुश्रूषा तथा मणिकुण्डल-आदेशः)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तवचन त॑ तु महाबुद्धिर्जनार्दन:

Transliteration

ity uktavacanaṃ taṃ tu mahābuddhir janārdanaḥ

Translation

അങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട മഹാബുദ്ധിയായ ജനാർദ്ദനൻ അതു ഗ്രഹിച്ച് (മറുപടി പറയാൻ) ഒരുങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• ukta-vacanaḥ: having spoken thus / having said these words
• ukta-vacanaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (√vac) + vacana
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tu: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• mahā-buddhiḥ: the great-minded one
• mahā-buddhiḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + buddhi
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Krishna)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

उत्तडुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅka
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights discernment in moral dialogue: after hearing a statement, the wise (here, Janārdana/Kṛṣṇa) responds thoughtfully. It frames ethical counsel as something to be received and answered with intelligence and steadiness rather than impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka has just spoken; the verse functions as a transition indicating that Janārdana, characterized as ‘great-minded/intelligent,’ is about to reply to what was said.