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Shloka 6

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 69: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Reverential Address to Sañjaya on Vāsudeva

पुण्डरीकं परं धाम नित्यमक्षयमव्ययम्‌ । तद्धभावात्‌ पुण्डरीकाक्षो दस्युत्रासाज्जनार्दन:

puṇḍarīkaṃ paraṃ dhāma nityam akṣayam avyayam | taddhabhāvāt puṇḍarīkākṣo dasyutrāsāj janārdanaḥ ||

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—‘புண்டரீகம்’ என்பது பரம தாமம்—நித்தியம், அழியாதது, மாறாதது. அந்தப் பரம உண்மையில் அவர் நிலைபெற்றிருப்பதால் ‘புண்டரீகாக்ஷன்’ எனப்படுகிறார்; மேலும் சட்டமற்றவர்களை அச்சுறுத்தி அடக்குவதால் ‘ஜனார்தனன்’ என அழைக்கப்படுகிறார்.

पुण्डरीकम्the lotus (white lotus)
पुण्डरीकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्डरीक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
परम्supreme
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धामabode; splendor
धाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नित्यम्eternal; constant
नित्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अक्षयम्imperishable
अक्षयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्षय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अव्ययम्unchanging; undecaying
अव्ययम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्from that
तत्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
भावात्from (its) nature/being; because of (that) state
भावात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
पुण्डरीकाक्षःthe lotus-eyed one (Vishnu/Krishna)
पुण्डरीकाक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्डरीकाक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दस्युत्रासात्from the terror of robbers/outlaws; because of (his) frightening of dasyus
दस्युत्रासात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदस्युत्रास
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
जनार्दनःJanardana (Vishnu/Krishna)
जनार्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
P
Puṇḍarīka
P
Puṇḍarīkākṣa
J
Janārdana

Educational Q&A

The verse links divine names to ethical function: the Lord is ‘lotus-eyed’ due to his pure, supreme, imperishable nature, and ‘Janārdana’ because he restrains the lawless—upholding dharma by protecting society from predatory violence.

Sañjaya is describing and praising Kṛṣṇa through etymological explanations of his epithets, emphasizing his transcendent nature and his role as a force that checks wrongdoing in the tense pre-war context of the Udyoga Parva.