Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

न चान्यामपि पश्यामि गति गतिमतां वर । स्वर्गद्वारस्य गमने स्थाने चेह द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

na cānyām api paśyāmi gatiṁ gatimatāṁ vara | svargadvārasya gamane sthāne ceha dvijottama ||

Translation

ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ଜଙ୍ଗମ ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ଏହି ଲୋକରେ ସୁଖ ପାଇବାକୁ ଓ ପରଲୋକରେ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗଦ୍ୱାରକୁ ପହଞ୍ଚିବାକୁ ମୋତେ ଅନ୍ୟ କୌଣସି ଗତି ଦିଶୁନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्याम्: another (alternative)
• अन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गतिम्: course/means/way
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतिमताम्: of those who have movement (living beings)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतिमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best/excellent one
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वर्गद्वारस्य: of the gate of heaven
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गद्वार
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गमने: in going/at the time of going
• गमने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थाने: in the place/at the station
• स्थाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

सौदास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saudāsa
• dvijottama (a brāhmaṇa addressee)
• svarga (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral dilemma in terms of “gati” (a viable course): the speaker seeks a single right means that can secure well-being here and a worthy outcome after death, implying that ethical action must be evaluated for both worldly and otherworldly consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

Saudāsa addresses a brāhmaṇa as an authority figure and confesses that he sees no alternative path available to him—neither for happiness in this life nor for reaching heaven—setting up a request for guidance or justification for the course he is considering.