Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

रथे सुभद्रामधिरोप्य भाविनीं युधिष्ठिरस्पानुमते जनार्दन: । पितृष्वसुश्चापि तथा महाभुजो विनिर्ययौ पौरजनाभिसंवृत:,बुआ कुन्ती तथा राजा युधिष्ठिरकी आज्ञासे भाविनी सुभद्राको भी रथपर बिठाकर महाबाहु जनार्दन पुरवासियोंसे घिरे हुए नगरसे बाहर निकले

Translation

Com a anuência de Yudhiṣṭhira, Janārdana, de braços poderosos, fez subir ao carro a virtuosa Subhadrā; e, juntamente com sua tia Kuntī, saiu da cidade cercado pelos habitantes.

Word by Word

रथेon/in the chariot

सुभद्राम्Subhadrā

अधिरोप्यhaving seated (made to mount)

भाविनीम्the noble/virtuous lady

युधिष्ठिरस्यof Yudhiṣṭhira

अनुमतेwith the permission/consent

जनार्दनःJanārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

पितृष्वसुःthe paternal aunt (Kuntī)

चand

अपिalso

तथाlikewise/so

महाभुजःmighty-armed

विनिर्ययौwent out/departed

पौरजनाभिसंवृतःsurrounded by the townspeople

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes