Shloka 36

Devanagari script

पूर्व चाभिगतं तत्र सो5पश्यदृषिसत्तमम्‌ | पादौ प्रपीड्य कृष्णस्य राज्ञश्नापि जनार्दन:

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ cābhigataṃ tatra so 'paśyad ṛṣisattamam | pādau prapīḍya kṛṣṇasya rājñaś cāpi janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Di sana baginda melihat resi yang paling utama, yang pernah ditemuinya dahulu. Lalu Janārdana—Kṛṣṇa—menyentuh dan memegang kaki tokoh diraja itu sebagai tanda hormat, memuliakannya menurut tata laku dharma.

Word by Word

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

चand

अभिगतम्approached, reached

तत्रthere

सःhe

अपश्यत्saw

ऋषि-सत्तमम्the best of sages

पादौthe two feet

प्रपीड्यhaving pressed, having clasped

कृष्णस्यof Krishna

राज्ञःof the king

चand

अपिalso, even

जनार्दनःJanardana (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana)

Ṛ

ṛṣi-sattama (foremost sage)

rājā (king/royal personage)

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?

The verse highlights dharma expressed through humility and service: even Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) demonstrates reverence by personally attending to a respected figure, modeling the ethical ideal of honoring sages and elders.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator states that a foremost sage, known from an earlier meeting, is seen there; Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) then performs an act of respectful service by pressing the feet of a royal personage, signaling honor and proper conduct in that setting.