Shloka 48

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

आनर्तानवलोक्य त्वं पितरं च महाभुज । वृष्णींश्ष॒ पुनरागच्छेहयमेधे ममानघ

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ānartān avalokya tvaṃ pitaraṃ ca mahābhuja | vṛṣṇīṃś ca punar āgaccheha aśvamedhe mamānagha || mahābāhu niṣpāpa śrīkṛṣṇa! ānarta-deśakī prajāḥ, sva-mātā-pitarau tathā vṛṣṇivaṃśī bāndhavān saṃmilitvā punar mama aśvamedha-yajñe upāgaccha ||

Translation

యుధిష్ఠిరుడు పలికెను— హే మహాబాహూ, అనఘా శ్రీకృష్ణా! ఆనర్త దేశ ప్రజలను దర్శించి, నీ తల్లిదండ్రులను మరియు వృష్ణివంశీయులను కలుసుకొని, నా అశ్వమేధ యజ్ఞానికి మళ్లీ ఇక్కడికి రమ్ము।

Word by Word

• आनर्तान्: the Anartas (people of Anarta)
• आनर्तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अवलोक्य: having seen / after seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवलोक् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाभुज: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृष्णीन्: the Vrishnis
• वृष्णीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आगच्छ: come / return
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्ग: आ-
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अश्वमेधे: in/at the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मम: my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाबाहु: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निष्पाप: O faultless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्ण: O Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Ānarta (region/people)
• Vṛṣṇis (clan)
• Aśvamedha (sacrifice/ritual)
• Kṛṣṇa’s parents (Vasudeva and Devakī, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through gratitude and proper conduct: Yudhiṣṭhira honors Kṛṣṇa’s familial and civic duties (meeting his people and kin) while also requesting his presence to complete a major royal rite, showing balance between personal obligations and public responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the war, Yudhiṣṭhira is conducting the Aśvamedha to re-establish sovereignty and order. He asks Kṛṣṇa to visit Ānarta (Dvārakā region), see his parents and the Vṛṣṇis, and then return to attend and support the ongoing Aśvamedha sacrifice.