Shloka 10
Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta
स शृण्वन् प्रीतिजननान् बहून् मदकलान् शुभान् ।
श्रोतरम्यान् सुमधुरान् शब्दान् खगमुखेरितान् ॥
sa śṛṇvan prītijananān bahūn madakalān śubhān |
śrotraramyān sumadhurān śabdān khagamukheritān ||
അവൻ പക്ഷികളുടെ വായിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന അനേകം മംഗളധ്വനികൾ കേട്ടു—ആനന്ദം പകരുന്നവ, മാധുര്യത്തിന്റെ ആകർഷണത്തിൽ ലഘുവായ മദം ഉണർത്തുന്നവ, കാതിന് പ്രിയവും അത്യന്തം മധുരവുമായിരുന്നു।
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds the purāṇic ideal that dharma is best received through śubha-vāk—speech that is auspicious, gentle, and pleasing. The ‘sweetness’ and ‘ear-delight’ are not mere aesthetics: they signal that instruction should be conveyed without harshness, making the listener receptive to ethical teaching.
This verse is primarily part of the narrative frame (ākhyāna/upa-ākhyāna) that enables later exposition. It does not directly state sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita, but functions as connective tissue introducing the didactic setting in which such pañcalakṣaṇa materials can be delivered.
Bird-uttered ‘sweet sounds’ can be read symbolically as natural wisdom (prakṛti) voicing dharma in an uncontrived form. The phrase madakalā suggests a subtle ‘rapture’—the mind becomes lightly absorbed, a preparatory state akin to calm attentiveness that precedes deeper instruction and discernment (viveka).