Shloka 58

Devanagari script

अनुनीतो<स्मि गोविन्द तारितश्नास्मि माधव । मोचिता व्यसनाद्‌ घोराद्‌ वयमद्य त्वयाच्युत

Transliteration

anunīto 'smi govinda tāritaś cāsmi mādhava | mocitā vyasanād ghorād vayam adya tvayācyuta ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Ó Govinda, o que dizes é correto. Na verdade, transgredi a regra. Ó Mādhava, por tua suave persuasão, satisfizeste meu ânimo e me salvaste de afundar num oceano de perigos. Ó Acyuta, hoje foi por ti que fomos libertos de uma calamidade terrível.”

Word by Word

• {"anunītaḥ/asmi (anunīto 'smi)": 'I have been won over

• brought to agreement by persuasion', 'govinda': 'Govinda

• also ‘knower of the Vedas/earth’ in traditional glosses)', 'tāritaḥ (tāritaś cāsmi)': 'saved

• delivered', 'mādhava': 'Mādhava

• also ‘lord of Lakṣmī/Mā’ in later usage)', 'mocitāḥ (mocitā ... vayam)': 'we have been released/freed', 'vyasana': 'calamity

• addiction/vice (contextually: disaster)', 'ghora': 'terrible

• fierce', 'vayam': 'we', 'adya': 'today

• now', 'tvayā': 'by you (instrumental)', 'acyuta': 'Acyuta

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Govinda (Krishna)
• Madhava (Krishna)
• Acyuta (Krishna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical self-correction and the power of wise, gentle counsel: admitting one’s lapse (rule-breaking) and accepting guidance leads to rescue from grave consequences; it also frames Kṛṣṇa as the steady protector who ‘carries across’ distress.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports a moment of reconciliation and relief: addressing Kṛṣṇa by multiple epithets, he acknowledges that Kṛṣṇa’s words are correct, confesses a breach of proper conduct, and credits Kṛṣṇa’s persuasion for saving ‘us’ from a terrifying crisis—imagined as an ocean of danger.