Shloka 62

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

करोति द्विषतां शोक॑ स जीवति सुजीवितम्‌ । 'युद्धमें अब प्रयत्नपूर्वक डट जाओ। हम तुम्हारी राह देखते हैं। अपने पुरुषत्वका परिचय दो। जो पुरुष शत्रुको अच्छी तरह समझ-बूझकर विशुद्ध पुरुषार्थका आश्रय ले शत्रुओंको शोकमग्न कर देता है, वही श्रेष्ठ जीवन व्यतीत करता है || ६१ ह ।। अकस्माच्चैव ते कृष्ण ख्यातं लोके महद्‌ यश:

Transliteration

karoti dviṣatāṁ śokaṁ sa jīvati sujīvitam | akasmāccaiva te kṛṣṇa khyātaṁ loke mahad yaśaḥ ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला— “जो द्वेष करणाऱ्यांना शोकमग्न करतो, तोच सुजीवित जीवन जगतो. आणि हे कृष्णा! अकस्मातच तुझा महान यश लोकांत विख्यात झाला आहे.”

Word by Word

• {'karoti': 'does, causes, brings about', 'dviṣatām': 'of haters

• of enemies (gen. pl. of dviṣat)', 'śokam': 'grief, sorrow', 'saḥ': 'he', 'jīvati': 'lives', 'sujīvitam': 'a good life

• well-lived life', 'akasmāt': 'suddenly, unexpectedly', 'ca': 'and', 'eva': 'indeed, emphatically', 'te': 'your (genitive)', 'kṛṣṇa': 'O Kṛṣṇa (vocative)', 'khyātam': 'made known

• renowned', 'loke': 'in the world', 'mahat': 'great', 'yaśaḥ': 'fame, glory, renown'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises purposeful, effective valor: a life is considered ‘well-lived’ when one acts with strength and resolve so as to overcome hostile forces and bring them to despair—an ethic aligned with kṣatriya ideals of courage and decisive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, comments on the ideal of successful heroism and then turns to address Kṛṣṇa directly, noting that Kṛṣṇa’s great renown has rapidly spread throughout the world.