Shloka 42

रामस्य पम्पातीरगमनम्, सुग्रीवसख्यं, वालिवधः, सीतारक्षणवृत्तान्तश्च

Rāma at Pampā; alliance with Sugrīva; Vālin’s fall; Sītā’s guarded captivity

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच भवतामापदं ज्ञात्वा ऋषे: परमकोपनात्‌ । द्रौपद्या चिन्तित: पार्था अहं सत्वरमागत:

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca bhavatām āpadaṁ jñātvā ṛṣeḥ paramakopanāt | draupadyā cintitaḥ pārthā ahaṁ satvaram āgataḥ ||

Translation

శ్రీకృష్ణుడు పలికాడు—ఓ పార్థా! ఋషి యొక్క పరమకోపం వల్ల మీకు వచ్చిన ఆపదను తెలుసుకొని, ద్రౌపది చింతతో నన్ను స్మరించగా, నేను వెంటనే ఇక్కడికి వచ్చాను।

Word by Word

श्रीकृष्णःŚrī Kṛṣṇa

उवाचsaid

भवताम्of you (all)

आपदम्calamity, distress

ज्ञात्वाhaving known

ऋषेःof the sage

परमकोपनात्from extreme anger

द्रौपद्याःof Draupadī

चिन्तितःthought of, remembered, invoked

पार्थाःO Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā)

अहम्I

सत्वरम्quickly, in haste

आगतःcome, arrived

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Draupadī

Pārtha (Arjuna/Pāṇḍava)

Ṛ

Ṛṣi (a sage; unnamed here)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When the virtuous face danger—especially danger arising from moral-spiritual forces like a sage’s wrath—one should respond promptly with protective action. The verse also implies that intense anger, even in an ascetic, can become a powerful cause of harm, so restraint and timely reconciliation are ethically important.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa tells the Pāṇḍavas (addressing ‘Pārtha’) that he learned of their peril caused by an enraged sage and that Draupadī, distressed, remembered him; therefore he arrived immediately to help avert the crisis.