Shloka 20

उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय ९३: कृष्णस्य धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः

Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel to Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Assembly

Devanagari script

सम्मृष्टसंसिक्तरज: प्रतिपेदे महापथम्‌ । राजर्षिचरितं काले कृष्णो धीमाडञ्छ़िया ज्वलन्‌

Transliteration

sammṛṣṭa-saṁsikta-rajaḥ pratipede mahāpatham | rājarṣi-caritaṁ kāle kṛṣṇo dhīmān arcīṣā jvalan ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယန မိန့်တော်မူသည်– အချိန်တော်တန်သော် ကృష్ణသည် အလွန်ပညာရှိ၍ မိမိ၏ ဒေဝကန့်တီဖြင့် တောက်လောင်နေသူအဖြစ်၊ ရာဇဣသီတို့ ယခင်က လျှောက်လှမ်းခဲ့သော ရှေးဟောင်း မဟာရာဇလမ်းမကြီးပေါ်သို့ ထွက်ခွာတော်မူ၏။ ထိုလမ်းကို ဖုန်မှုန့်ကင်းစင်အောင် သုတ်သင်ထားပြီး နေရာအနှံ့ ရေဖြန်း၍ ဂုဏ်ပြုစီစဉ်ထားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• {'sammṛṣṭa': 'well-swept, cleansed', 'saṁsikta': 'sprinkled (with water), moistened', 'rajaḥ': 'dust', 'pratipede': 'reached, entered upon, proceeded to', 'mahāpatham': 'great road

• main highway', 'rājarṣi-caritam': 'trodden/used by royal sages (rājarṣis)

• a venerable royal route', 'kāle': 'at the proper time

• in due course', 'kṛṣṇaḥ': 'Kṛṣṇa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)', 'dhīmān': 'wise, intelligent, discerning', 'arcīṣā': 'with radiance/flame

• by (his) splendor', 'jvalan': 'shining, blazing'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇa
• mahāpatha (great royal road)
• rājarṣis (royal sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic order expressed through outward discipline: preparing the public way—sweeping dust and sprinkling water—signals reverence, self-restraint, and the ethical duty to honor a worthy guest or leader. It also suggests that true greatness naturally inspires purification and orderly conduct in society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates Kṛṣṇa’s timely arrival onto a grand, traditional royal highway once used by rājarṣis. The road has been ceremonially prepared—cleaned and watered—while Kṛṣṇa advances, described as supremely wise and radiant with divine splendor.