Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 15 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Telugu | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Śiva-darśana through Tapas and Stuti (उपमन्यु–कृष्ण संवादः)

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य पाठके ४ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४३३ श्लोक हैं) मी पी नजजञन जल ि्जजऑआंडहडइ > गार्हपत्य

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca

mūrdhnā nipatya niyatastejaḥ-saṃnicaye tataḥ |

parama-harṣam āgatya bhagavantam athābruvam ||

Translation

శ్రీకృష్ణుడు పలికెను—ఓ భారతా! అనంతరం మనస్సును నియంత్రించి, దివ్య తేజోరాశిగా ఉన్న భగవాన్ శివునికి శిరస్సు వంచి ప్రణామం చేసాను. తరువాత పరమానందంతో నిండిపోయి ఆ భగవంతునితో ఇలా అన్నాను।

Word by Word

मूर्ध्नाwith (my) head

निपत्यhaving fallen down / having prostrated

नियतःself-controlled, restrained

तेजः-सन्निचयेin the mass/heap of radiance (splendour)

ततःthen, thereafter

परम्greatly, exceedingly

हर्षम्joy, delight

आगत्यhaving come/approached

भगवन्तम्the Blessed Lord

अथthen, now

अब्रुवम्I said/spoke

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Bhārata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira/descendant of Bharata)

Śiva (Mahādeva, Bhagavān)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic devotion: true approach to the divine begins with inner restraint (niyataḥ) and outward humility (prostration). Ethical power is grounded in self-mastery and reverence, not entitlement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa, after controlling his mind, bows and prostrates before Śiva—described as a concentrated mass of radiance—and, filled with joy, begins to speak to him, setting up the ensuing dialogue about Śiva’s grace and glory.