Shloka 49

Devanagari script

प्रस्थित: सुमहातेजा दुर्वासाग्निरिव ज्वलन्‌ | एषैव ते बुद्धिरस्तु ब्राह्मणान्प्रति केशव

Transliteration

prasthitaḥ sumahātejā durvāsāgnir iva jvalan | eṣaiva te buddhir astu brāhmaṇān prati keśava |

Translation

అగ్నివలె జ్వలిస్తూ మహాతేజస్సుతో దుర్వాసుడు బయలుదేరుతూ మళ్లీ పలికెను—“కేశవా! బ్రాహ్మణుల పట్ల నీ ఈ భావమే నిత్యము నిలిచియుండుగాక.”

Word by Word

• प्रस्थितः: departed / having set out
• प्रस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु √स्था)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहातेजाः: of very great splendor
• सुमहातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्वासाः: Durvasa
• दुर्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (नामन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ज्वलन्: blazing
• ज्वलन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु √ज्वल्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• बुद्धिः: mindset / intention
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be / may it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु √अस्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3rd, Singular, परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रति: towards / with regard to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• केशव: O Keshava
• केशव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्न: O Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्न: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Durvāsā
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Agni (fire, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse commends a stable ethical disposition: maintaining unwavering respect and proper conduct toward brāhmaṇas (the learned and spiritually disciplined). It presents such reverence as a lasting ‘buddhi’—a guiding mindset—worthy of blessing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva reports that the sage Durvāsā, radiant and fiery like blazing fire, departs and offers a final benediction to Keśava (Kṛṣṇa): that Kṛṣṇa’s attitude toward brāhmaṇas should always remain the same—steadfastly respectful and dharmic.