Shloka 14

अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्

Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure

Devanagari script

ततस्तन्मतमाज्ञाय केशवस्य पुर:सरा: । प्रसस्नु्योजयिष्यन्तो रथं चक्रगदा भूत:,तब चक्र और गदा धारण करनेवाले भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके अभिप्रायको जानकर उनके आगे चलनेवाले सेवक रथ जोतनेके लिये दौड़ पड़े

Transliteration

tatas tan-matam ājñāya keśavasya puraḥsarāḥ | prasasnuḥ yojayiṣyanto rathaṃ cakra-gadā-bhṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Kemudian, setelah memahami maksud Keśava—Śrī Kṛṣṇa, pemegang cakra dan gada—para pengiring yang berjalan di hadapannya segera bergegas, berlari untuk memasang kekang dan menyiapkan kereta perang itu.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तत्: that (intention/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मतम्: opinion, intention
• मतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आज्ञाय: having known
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• केशवस्य: of Keśava (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुरःसराः: those going in front, attendants/forerunners
• पुरःसराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरःसर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रसस्नुः: ran forth, hastened
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• योजयिष्यन्तः: intending to yoke/harness
• योजयिष्यन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle) with future sense from desiderative/future stem, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रगदाभूताः: having (as it were) become wheel-and-mace (i.e., bearing wheel and mace)
• चक्रगदाभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्र-गदा-भूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Keśava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• attendants/forerunners (puraḥsarāḥ)
• chariot (ratha)
• discus (cakra)
• mace (gadā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attentive understanding followed by swift, orderly action is a mark of dharmic service. The attendants do not act impulsively; they first grasp Keśava’s intention and then promptly fulfill their duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa’s attendants, recognizing his purpose, rush ahead to yoke and prepare the chariot, signaling imminent movement and purposeful preparation within the Udyoga (effort) context.