Shloka 47

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

विधिवत्‌ सततं विप्र शुचिना भृगुनन्दन । तस्माच्छेयो विधास्यामि तवैवं कुरु मा चिरम्‌

Transliteration

vidhivat satataṁ vipra śucinā bhṛgunandana | tasmāc chreyo vidhāsyāmi tavaivaṁ kuru mā ciram ||

Translation

Конь сказал: «О брахман, о потомок Бхригу, ты непрестанно почитал меня по обряду, пребывая в чистоте. Потому я устрою для тебя наилучшее. Сделай в точности, как я повелеваю, — не медли».

Word by Word

• विधिवत्: according to rule/ritually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि + वत्
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• सततम्: always, continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शुचिना: with purity / being pure
• शुचिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भृगुनन्दन: O descendant/son of Bhṛgu
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Ablatival adverbial (from that/therefore)

• श्रेयः: welfare, good, benefit
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विधास्यामि: I shall bestow/arrange
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (वि + धा)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Parasmaipada, 1st person, Singular

• तव: of/for you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• कुरु: do (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Parasmaipada, 2nd person, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: Prohibitive particle

• चिरम्: for long / long (delay)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

Speaker

अश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aśva (the Horse, speaker)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)
• Bhṛgunandana (Bhārgava descendant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Steady, rule-guided worship performed with purity (vidhivat, śucinā, satataṁ) is presented as a basis for receiving śreyaḥ—true welfare. The verse links ethical-ritual discipline with divine/authoritative guidance and urges prompt obedience to right instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaking Horse addresses a brāhmaṇa (called Bhṛgunandana), acknowledges his continual, proper, and pure worship, and promises to secure his welfare. It then commands him to carry out the given instructions without delay.