Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमा गाथा नित्यं क्षमावताम्‌ | गीता: क्षमावता कृष्णे काश्यपेन महात्मना,इस विषयमें जानकार लोग क्षमावान्‌ पुरुषोंकी गाथाका उदाहरण देते हैं। कृष्णे! क्षमावान्‌ महात्मा काश्यपने इस गाथाका गान किया है

Transliteration

atrāpy udāharantīmāṃ gāthāṃ nityaṃ kṣamāvatām | gītāḥ kṣamāvatā kṛṣṇe kāśyapena mahātmanā ||

Translation

ఈ విషయములోనూ, క్షమాశీలుల ఆచరణకు ఉదాహరణగా జ్ఞానులు ఈ గాథను నిత్యము ఉటంకిస్తారు. ఓ కృష్ణే! క్షమాశీల మహాత్ముడు కాశ్యపుడు ఈ గాథను పాడెను.

Word by Word

अत्रhere

अपिalso/even

उदाहरन्तिthey cite/quote (as an example)

इमाम्this (f.)

गाथाम्verse/ballad

नित्यम्always

क्षमावताम्of the patient/forbearing (people)

गीता(it is) sung/recited (as a song/verse)

क्षमावताby the patient/forbearing one

कृष्णेO Krishna

काश्यपेनby Kashyapa

महात्मनाby the great-souled one

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī)

Kāśyapa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames forbearance (kṣamā) as a recognized dharmic virtue, validated by traditional exempla: the wise cite authoritative sayings to show that patience and self-restraint are enduring marks of the righteous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇā (Draupadī) and introduces an illustrative gāthā. He notes that knowledgeable people cite it as an example of the patient, and attributes the verse to the sage Kāśyapa, preparing to ground his counsel in respected tradition.