Shloka 22

Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)

Devanagari script

अथ काक्षीवत: पुत्रं गौतमस्य महात्मन: । शुश्राव तपसि श्रान्तमुदारं चण्डकौशिकम्‌

Transliteration

atha kākṣīvataḥ putraṁ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ | śuśrāva tapasi śrāntam udāraṁ caṇḍakauśikam ||

Translation

अथ काक्षीवतः पुत्रं गौतमस्य महात्मनः। शुश्राव तपसि श्रान्तमुदारं चण्डकौशिकम्॥

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• काक्षीवत: of Kakṣīvat
• काक्षीवत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक्षीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गौतमस्य: of Gautama
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (sage)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुश्राव: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• श्रान्तम्: wearied/exhausted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदारम्: noble/generous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चण्डकौशिकम्: Caṇḍa-Kauśika (proper name)
• चण्डकौशिकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डकौशिक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍakauśika
• Kākṣīvat
• Gautama (lineage/gotra)
• Bṛhadratha
• two queens of Bṛhadratha
• townspeople (puravāsins)
• tree (vṛkṣa)
• gifts/precious offerings (ratna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A king upholds dharma by honoring tapasvins: showing reverence, approaching with humility, and offering appropriate gifts. Ethical kingship includes supporting spiritual merit and treating ascetics as moral authorities.

What is happening in the narrative?

News arrives that the sage Caṇḍakauśika, son of Kākṣīvat in the Gautama lineage, has come unexpectedly and is resting under a tree after austerities. King Bṛhadratha goes with his queens and townspeople to pay respects and offer gifts suitable for a sage.