Shloka 9

Bhīṣma’s Yogic Departure, Royal Cremation, and Gaṅgā’s Lament (भीष्मस्य योगयुक्त्या देहत्यागः, पितृमेधः, गङ्गाविलापः)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त: स तदा कृष्णस्तपोवननिवासिभि: । मानयामास तान्‌ सवनिषीन्‌ देवकिनन्दन:,तपोवन-निवासी मुनियोंके ऐसा कहनेपर देवकीनन्दन भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने उस समय उन सबका विशेष सत्कार किया

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa tadā kṛṣṇas tapovana-nivāsibhiḥ | mānayāmāsa tān sarvān niṣaṇṇān devakī-nandanaḥ ||

Translation

తపోవనంలో నివసించే ఋషులు ఇలా పలికినప్పుడు, దేవకీనందనుడు శ్రీకృష్ణుడు ఆ సమయంలో అక్కడ సమవేతంగా కూర్చున్న వారందరినీ విశేషంగా సత్కరించాడు.

Word by Word

इतिthus

उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to

सःhe

तदाthen

कृष्णःKrishna

तपोवन-निवासिभिःby the residents of the penance-grove (ascetics)

मानयामासhonoured / paid respect

तान्them

सवनिषीन्those seated/settled (there)

देवकी-नन्दनःDevaki's son

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Kṛṣṇa

Devakī

tapovana-nivāsinaḥ (forest-dwelling sages/ascetics)

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 highlights dharmic conduct: even the most powerful should honor ascetics and the spiritually disciplined. Respect (māna) and hospitality toward sages are presented as marks of true virtue and self-mastery.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the tapovana-dwelling sages address Kṛṣṇa, he responds not with pride but by giving them special honor and courteous reception as they sit assembled in the hermitage setting.