Shloka 5

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

कि नु तस्य शरीरेडस्ति सर्वलक्षणपूजिते | अनिष्टं लक्षणं कृष्ण येन दुःखान्युपाश्नुते

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kiṃ nu tasya śarīre 'sti sarvalakṣaṇapūjite | aniṣṭaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kṛṣṇa yena duḥkhāny upāśnute ||

Translation

ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ— ਹੇ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ! ਉਸ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਰੀਰ ਤਾਂ ਸਭ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਲੱਛਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਤ ਹੈ। ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਅਸ਼ੁਭ ਲੱਛਣ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਉਹ ਇੰਨੇ ਦੁੱਖ ਸਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ?

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• शरीरे: in the body
• शरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• सर्वलक्षणपूजिते: in (a body) honored/marked with all (auspicious) signs
• सर्वलक्षणपूजिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वलक्षणपूजित
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अनिष्टम्: inauspicious/undesired
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिष्ट
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• लक्षणम्: mark/sign
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्षण
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter/masculine, instrumental, singular

• दुःखानि: sufferings
• दुःखानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• उपाश्नुते: experiences/undergoes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: present, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

External auspicious signs do not guarantee a life free from suffering; Yudhiṣṭhira’s question points toward a deeper moral causality—dharma and karma—where pain may arise from complex past causes and the burdens of duty, not merely from visible ‘omens’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Śrī Kṛṣṇa, puzzled that a person who appears endowed with all auspicious bodily marks still undergoes repeated hardships, and he asks what hidden inauspicious factor could explain that suffering.