Shloka 42

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

अयं चिरोषितो राजन्‌ वासुदेव: प्रतापवान्‌ | भवन्तं समनुज्ञाप्य पितरं द्रष्टमिच्छति

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ayaṁ ciroṣito rājan vāsudevaḥ pratāpavān | bhavantaṁ samanujñāpya pitaraṁ draṣṭum icchati |

Translation

ରାଜନ୍! ପ୍ରତାପଶାଳୀ ବାସୁଦେବ (ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଣ) ଏଠାରେ ଦୀର୍ଘଦିନ ରହିଛନ୍ତି। ଏବେ ସେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଅନୁମତି ନେଇ ପିତାଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖିବାକୁ ଇଚ୍ଛା କରୁଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• अयम्: this (person)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिरोषितः: having stayed long
• चिरोषितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिर-उषित (उष्/वस् धातु-निष्पन्न क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवन्तम्: you
• भवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समनुज्ञाप्य: having asked/obtained permission (from)
• समनुज्ञाप्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अनु+ज्ञा (ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (तुमुन्)
• Form: Infinitive

• इच्छति: wishes, desires
• इच्छति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• the King (addressed as rājan)
• Vasudeva (father, implied by the epithet Vāsudeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most powerful act within dharma by observing propriety: seeking a ruler’s leave before departing and honoring filial duty by desiring to see one’s father.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports that Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva), after staying for a long time, requests the king’s permission to depart so he can visit his father, signaling a transition toward his return journey.