Shloka 696

अध्याय ८२ — केशवप्रयाणे निमित्तदर्शनम्

Omens and Reception During Keśava’s Departure

Devanagari script

त्वं च यादवशार्दूल सभायां वै समेष्यथ । 'यदुकुलसिंह! वहाँ कौरवसभामें भीष्म, द्रोण आदि प्रमुख व्यक्ति, परम बुद्धिमान्‌ विदुर तथा आप पधारेंगे

Transliteration

tvaṃ ca yādavaśārdūla sabhāyāṃ vai sameṣyatha |

Translation

त्वं च यादवशार्दूल सभायां वै समेष्यथ।

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यादवशार्दूल: O tiger among the Yādavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादवशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सभायाम्: in the assembly
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• समेष्यथ: you (all) will come/assemble
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Second, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yādavaśārdūla (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Sabhā (royal assembly/court)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the moral weight of appearing in an assembly where decisions affecting many lives are made: righteous counsel and truthful speech must be offered even when the court is dominated by power and partiality.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana foretells/notes that Kṛṣṇa, addressed as ‘Yādavaśārdūla,’ will come to the royal court—setting the stage for high-stakes deliberation in the Kaurava assembly during the pre-war negotiations.