Shloka 1
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
ऑपनआक्राता बछ। 2 अष्टपञज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: कुण्डल लेकर उत्तंकका लौटना
vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa mitrasaham āsādya abhijñānam ayācata | tasmai dadāv abhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvaras tadā |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—उत्तङ्को मित्रसहं नृपतिमुपसृत्याभिज्ञानं याचत। तस्मै स इक्ष्वाकुवरस्तदा राण्यै निवेदयितुं यथासत्यं प्रत्ययकरं चाभिज्ञानं ददौ, येन तस्य वचनं प्रमाणीकृत्य ग्राह्यं भवेत्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even truthful speech needs credible verification in social and royal contexts; dharma includes safeguarding communication from fraud by using recognized tokens (abhijñāna).
Uttanka goes to King Mitrasaha and asks for a sign of recognition so that the queen will accept his message; the king provides an identifying token to authenticate Uttanka’s words.