Shloka 7

Devanagari script

उपास्ते त्वां नरव्यात्र सह कृष्णेन धीमता । तमिमं पुरयानाय समनुज्ञातुमहसि

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

upāste tvāṃ naravyāghra saha kṛṣṇena dhīmatā |

tam imaṃ purayānāya samanujñātum arhasi ||

Translation

उपास्ते त्वां नरव्याघ्रः सह कृष्णेन धीमता। तमिमं पुरयानाय समनुज्ञातुमर्हसि॥

Word by Word

• उपास्ते: serves, attends upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• नरव्याघ्रः: tiger among men (best of men)
• नरव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• कृष्णेन: with Krishna
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धीमता: wise
• धीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरयानाय: for going to the city (Hastinapura)
• पुरयानाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरयान
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• समनुज्ञातुम्: to permit, to give leave
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: Tumun (Infinitive), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अर्हसि: you ought, you should
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: Lat (Present Indicative), 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa
• Hastināpura (implied by 'pura' and the narrative context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right action is affirmed through proper procedure: even a rightful return to rule is undertaken with humility, service, and the elder’s consent, showing that dharma is upheld not only by goals but by respectful means.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira, now composed and accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, is seated in attendance and should be granted leave to depart for the city—signaling a transition from instruction and mourning toward resuming royal responsibilities.