Ashvamedhika Parva Adhyaya 52 Shloka 43 - Mahabharata | Oriya | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

स गच्छेदभ्यनुज्ञातो भवता यदि मन्यसे । आनर्तनगरीं वीरस्तदनुज्ञातुमहसि

Transliteration

sa gacched abhyanujñāto bhavatā yadi manyase | ānartanagarīṃ vīras tad-anujñātum arhasi |

Translation

ଆପଣ ଯଦି ଯଥୋଚିତ ଭାବନ୍ତି, ତେବେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ ଅନୁମତି ପାଇ ସେ ବୀର ଆନର୍ତ୍ତନଗରୀ (ଦ୍ୱାରକା) କୁ ଯାଉନ୍ତୁ; ତେଣୁ ରାଜନ୍, ଆପଣ ଅନୁମତି ଦେବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

सःhe

गच्छेत्may go / should go

अभ्यनुज्ञातःhaving been permitted / authorized

भवताby you (sir)

यदिif

मन्यसेyou think / you deem

आनर्तनगरीम्to the city of Anarta (Dvaraka)

वीरःthe hero

तत्that (permission)

अनुज्ञातुम्to permit / to grant leave

अर्हसिyou ought / you are fit

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Ānartanagarī (Dvārakā)

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?

Even powerful persons act within dharma by seeking proper authorization; a king’s duty includes granting or withholding leave in a manner that preserves order, respect, and social harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports a request that a heroic figure be allowed to depart for Ānartanagarī (Dvārakā), and urges the king to grant permission if he finds it appropriate.