Shloka 31

Varuṇa’s Bestowal of the Gāṇḍīva and the Arming of Kṛṣṇa–Arjuna

Khāṇḍava Prelude

Devanagari script

एकसार्थ प्रयातासि चित्रवाहनसेवया । द्रक्ष्यामि राजसूये त्वां पुत्र पालय मा शुचः,“चित्रवाहनकी सेवाके निमित्त उन्हींके साथ राजसूययज्ञमें तुम भी चली आना। मैं वहीं तुमसे मिलूँगा। इस समय पुत्रका पालन करो और शोक छोड़ दो

Transliteration

ekasārtha prayātāsi citravāhana-sevayā | drakṣyāmi rājasūye tvāṁ putra pālaya mā śucaḥ ||

Translation

చిత్రవాహనుని సేవ నిమిత్తం అదే కారవానుతో నీవు కూడా ప్రయాణించి రా. రాజసూయ యాగంలో నేను నిన్ను చూస్తాను. ఇప్పుడైతే కుమారుని పోషించు; దుఃఖించకు.

Word by Word

एकwith one

सार्थेनwith the caravan/company

प्रयाताhaving gone / having set out

असिyou are

चित्रवाहनसेवयाby/for the service of Citravāhana

द्रक्ष्यामिI shall see

राजसूयेat/in the Rājasūya (sacrifice)

त्वाम्you

पुत्रO son

पालयprotect / take care of

माdo not

शुचःgrieve

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Citravāhana

Rājasūya (sacrifice)

putra (the child/son)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes steadiness in dharma during distress: fulfill immediate responsibilities—especially protecting and raising a child—while restraining grief, trusting that a proper meeting and resolution will occur in due course.

What is happening in the narrative?

A directive is given to travel with the same group in connection with serving Citravāhana, with the assurance that the speaker will meet the person later at the Rājasūya sacrifice; meanwhile, the person is instructed to care for the child and abandon sorrow.