Shloka 5

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

कि नु तस्य शरीरेडस्ति सर्वलक्षणपूजिते | अनिष्टं लक्षणं कृष्ण येन दुःखान्युपाश्नुते,श्रीकृष्ण! उनका शरीर तो सभी शुभलक्षणोंसे सम्पन्न है। फिर उसमें अशुभ लक्षण कौन-सा है, जिससे उन्हें अधिक दुःख उठाना पड़ता है?

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kiṃ nu tasya śarīre 'sti sarvalakṣaṇapūjite | aniṣṭaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kṛṣṇa yena duḥkhāny upāśnute ||

Translation

युधिष्ठिर म्हणाला— हे कृष्णा! त्याचे शरीर सर्व शुभलक्षणांनी पूजित आहे। मग त्याच्यात असे कोणते अशुभ लक्षण आहे की ज्यामुळे त्याला इतकी दुःखे भोगावी लागतात?

Word by Word

किम्what?

नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)

तस्यof him/of that

शरीरेin the body

अस्तिis/exists

सर्वलक्षणपूजितेin (a body) honored/marked with all (auspicious) signs

अनिष्टम्inauspicious/undesired

लक्षणम्mark/sign

कृष्णO Krishna

येनby which

दुःखानिsufferings

उपाश्नुतेexperiences/undergoes

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

External auspicious signs do not guarantee a life free from suffering; Yudhiṣṭhira’s question points toward a deeper moral causality—dharma and karma—where pain may arise from complex past causes and the burdens of duty, not merely from visible ‘omens’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa, puzzled that a person who appears endowed with all auspicious bodily marks still undergoes repeated hardships, and he asks what hidden inauspicious factor could explain that suffering.