Shloka 117

Devanagari script

अद्य बाष्पमुखी कृष्णां सान्त्वयिष्यसि माधव । वाम्भिश्वामृतकल्पाभिर्धर्मराजं च पाण्डवम्‌

Transliteration

adya bāṣpamukhī kṛṣṇāṃ sāntvayiṣyasi mādhava | vāgbhiś cāmṛtakalpābhir dharmarājaṃ ca pāṇḍavam ||

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ— “ਹੇ ਮਾਧਵ! ਅੱਜ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਅੰਸੂਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਿੱਜੇ ਚਿਹਰੇ ਵਾਲੀ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਣਾ (ਦ੍ਰੌਪਦੀ) ਨੂੰ ਸਾਂਤਵਨਾ ਦਿਓਗੇ; ਅਤੇ ਪਾਂਡਵ ਧਰਮਰਾਜ ਯੁਧਿਸ਼ਠਿਰ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵਰਗੇ ਮਿੱਠੇ ਬਚਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਧੀਰਜ ਦਿਓਗੇ।”

Word by Word

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य
• Form: Avyaya (kāla-avyaya)

• बाष्पमुखीम्: with tearful face (weeping)
• बाष्पमुखीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाष्पमुखी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कृष्णाम्: Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• कृष्णाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सान्त्वयिष्यसि: you will console
• सान्त्वयिष्यसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सान्त्वय्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular

• माधव: O Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वाक्भिः: with words
• वाक्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अमृतकल्पाभिः: nectar-like
• अमृतकल्पाभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृतकल्पा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• धर्मराजम्: Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• पाण्डवम्: the Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pāṇḍu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical power of compassionate speech: in moments of devastation, dharmic leadership includes consoling the afflicted with truthful, soothing, ‘nectar-like’ words that restore steadiness and moral clarity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya foretells that Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava) will approach the grieving Draupadī and Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) and comfort them, indicating a scene of emotional aftermath in the war where counsel and consolation become necessary.