Shloka 57

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत आश्वमेधिकपर्वके अन्तर्गत अनुगीतापर्वमें उत्तंक मुनिका उपाख्यानविषयक सत्तावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

tataḥ sa pūjito nāgais tad-uttaṅkaḥ pratāpavān | agnim pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā jagāma guru-sadma tat ||

Translation

ତାପରେ ନାଗମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ସମ୍ମାନିତ ପ୍ରତାପୀ ଉତ୍ତଙ୍କ ମୁନି ଅଗ୍ନିଦେବଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଦକ୍ଷିଣା କରି ଗୁରୁଙ୍କ ଆଶ୍ରମ ଦିଗେ ଗମନ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूजितः: honoured, worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नागैः: by the serpents (Nāgas)
• नागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• उत्तङ्कः: Uttaṅka (the sage)
• उत्तङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रदक्षिणम्: clockwise (in circumambulation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रदक्षिण

• कृत्वा: having done, after doing
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गुरोः: of (his) teacher
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आश्रमम्: to the hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: then/thereupon (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uttaṅka
• Nāgas
• Agni
• Guru (teacher)
• Guru’s āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic etiquette: acknowledge help received (from the Nāgas), honor the sacred (Agni) through pradakṣiṇā, and return to one’s guru—affirming gratitude, reverence, and fidelity to the teacher-disciple bond.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being respectfully received by the Nāgas, the sage Uttaṅka circumambulates Agni and then departs for his teacher’s hermitage, marking the conclusion of this segment of the Uttanka-upākhyāna.