Shloka 2

Devanagari script

असंख्येया गुणा यस्मिन्नासन्नमिततेजसि । यश्षतुर्दश वर्षाणि निदेशात्‌ पितुरच्युत:

Transliteration

asaṅkhyeyā guṇā yasminn āsann amitatajasi | yaḥ caturdaśa varṣāṇi nideśāt pitur acyutaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Pada dirinya yang bercahaya tiada terukur itu bersemayam kebajikan yang tidak terbilang. Taat kepada titah ayahandanya, yang tidak pernah tersasar itu menjalani empat belas tahun (dalam pembuangan), memperlihatkan keteguhan menahan diri dan bakti kepada bapa.”

Word by Word

असंख्येयाःcountless

गुणाःqualities, virtues

यस्मिन्in whom

आसन्were

अमिततेजसिin (one) of immeasurable splendor

यःwho

चतुर्दशfourteen

वर्षाणिyears

निदेशात्from the command

पितुःof (his) father

अच्युतःAcyuta (Krishna)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Acyuta (epithet)

father (pituḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds dharma through the ideal of obedience to rightful parental command and the cultivation of innumerable virtues; true greatness is shown not only by power but by disciplined adherence to duty even when it demands hardship.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada praises a supremely radiant figure, emphasizing that he possessed countless virtues and that, following his father’s instruction, he spent fourteen years away—an allusion to the well-known motif of a righteous hero accepting exile as an act of duty.