Shloka 57

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

चारुदेष्ण: सह क्रात्रा चक्रदेवो5थ सात्यकि: । अहं च रौहिणेयश्व साम्ब: प्रद्युम्म एव च

Transliteration

Cārudeṣṇaḥ saha krātrā Cakradevo ’tha Sātyakiḥ | ahaṃ ca Rauhiṇeyaś ca Sāmbaḥ Pradyumna eva ca ||

Translation

శ్రీకృష్ణుడు పలికెను—చారుదేష్ణుడు తన సోదరునితో, చక్రదేవుడు, ఆపై సాత్యకి; ఇంకా నేనూ—రౌహిణేయుడు (బలరాముడు), సాంబుడు, ప్రద్యుమ్నుడు.

Word by Word

• चारुदेष्णः: Cārudeṣṇa (a person’s name)
• चारुदेष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारुदेष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)

• क्रात्रा: with Krātra (a person’s name)
• क्रात्रा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• चक्रदेवः: Cakradeva (a person’s name)
• चक्रदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/and then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• रौहिणेयः: Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma)
• रौहिणेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौहिणेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Cārudeṣṇa
• Cakradeva
• Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
• Rauhiṇeya (Balarāma)
• Sāmba
• Pradyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

By naming specific leaders and kinsmen, the passage underscores accountability in collective decision-making: major political and ethical choices are carried by concrete persons within a community, not by vague ‘groups’.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa is speaking and enumerating prominent Vṛṣṇi-Yādava figures—companions, relatives, and allies—likely to identify who is present, involved, or to be counted among those taking part in counsel or action.