Shloka 5

Adhyaya 6 — Balarama’s Dilemma, Drunken Wanderings in Revata’s Grove, and the Slaying of the Suta

Sanskrit

इत्यामन्त्र्य हृषीकेशं पार्थ-दुर्योधनावपि ।

जगाम द्वारकां शौरिः स्वसैन्युपरिवारितः ॥

Transliteration

ity āmantrya hṛṣīkeśaṃ pārtha-duryodhanāv api / jagāma dvārakāṃ śauriḥ svasainyoparivāritaḥ

Translation

Tendo assim se despedido de Hṛṣīkeśa, e também de Pārtha e de Duryodhana, Śauri partiu para Dvārakā, cercado por suas próprias tropas.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• आमन्त्र्य: having invited/addressed
• आमन्त्र्य: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आमन्त्र् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• हृषीकेशम्: Hṛṣīkeśa (Kṛṣṇa)
• हृषीकेशम्: कर्म (Karman/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृषीकेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• पार्थ-दुर्योधनौ: Pārtha and Duryodhana
• पार्थ-दुर्योधनौ: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), द्विवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्वारकाम्: to Dvārakā
• द्वारकाम्: कर्म (Karman/Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• शौरिः: Śauri (Balarāma/Kṛṣṇa epithet; here Balarāma contextually)
• शौरिः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• स्वसैन्य-उपरिवारितः: surrounded by his own army
• स्वसैन्य-उपरिवारितः: कर्तृविशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उपरिवारित (परिवार् धातु से क्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): स्वसैन्येन उपरिवारितः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speakers

• Narratorial verse (frame-speaker not specified in input)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Krishna (Hṛṣīkeśa/Śauri)

Key Themes

• Itihasa-linked narrative
• Royal diplomacy
• Departure/transition of scene
• Kshatriya politics

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse highlights maryādā (proper conduct) in political and personal relations: even amid rivalry (Pārtha and Duryodhana), departures are framed through formal leave-taking (āmantrya), suggesting restraint, civility, and adherence to dharmic etiquette in public life.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

This verse is not primarily sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vamśa/vamśānucarita in itself; it functions as narrative connective tissue within vamśānucarita/itihāsa-type recounting (dynastic/heroic history), describing movements of principal figures rather than cosmology or creation.

What is the esoteric significance?

On a symbolic level, ‘Hṛṣīkeśa’ (lord of the senses) and ‘Śauri’ departing ‘surrounded by his army’ can be read as the sovereign self (inner ruler) moving with its disciplined faculties (senses/forces) after completing a counsel or encounter—an image of ordered power rather than impulsive reaction.