Shloka 13

Devanagari script

भवत्प्रतीक्ष: कृष्णोडसौ धर्मराज महाद्युते । यदत्रानन्तरं कृत्यं तद्‌ भवान्‌ कर्तुमहति,“महातेजस्वी धर्मराज! भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण आपकी ही प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं। अब आप जो उचित समझें, वह कार्य कर सकते हैं"

Transliteration

bhavat-pratīkṣaḥ kṛṣṇo 'sau dharmarāja mahādyute | yad atrānantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ tad bhavān kartum arhati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó radiante Dharmarāja, o Senhor Kṛṣṇa está à tua espera. Agora, o que quer que deva ser feito em seguida nesta situação, és tu quem está apto a decidir e a executar.”

Word by Word

भवत्-प्रतीक्षःwaiting for you

कृष्णःKrishna

उदासौindifferent, unconcerned

धर्मराजO Dharmaraja

महाद्युतेO great-splendoured one

यत्whatever

अत्रhere, in this matter

अनन्तरम्next, thereafter

कृत्यम्duty; what is to be done

तत्that

भवान्you (honorific)

कर्तुम्to do

अर्हतिis able/fit; may

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇa

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when guided by a divine counselor like Kṛṣṇa, the rightful leader must assume responsibility for discerning the next proper action (kṛtya) and executing it according to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana informs Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) that Kṛṣṇa is waiting for him, and urges him to proceed with whatever immediate duty or next step is appropriate in the present circumstances.