Shloka 2

Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition

Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching

Devanagari script

पुन: पुनश्च वार्ष्णेयं पर्यष्वजत फाल्गुन: । आ चरक्षुविषयाच्चैनं स ददर्श पुन: पुन:,अर्जुनने वृष्णिवंशी प्यारे सखा श्रीकृष्णको बारंबार छातीसे लगाया और जबतक वे आँखोंसे ओझल नहीं हुए, तबतक उन्हींकी ओर वे बारंबार देखते रहे

Transliteration

punaḥ punaś ca vārṣṇeyaṃ paryaṣvajata phālgunaḥ | ā carakṣu-viṣayāc cainaṃ sa dadarśa punaḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—ฟาลคุนะ (อรชุน) โอบกอดวารษเณยะ (พระศรีกฤษณะ) ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า และตราบใดที่พระกฤษณะยังไม่ลับพ้นขอบเขตสายตา อรชุนก็ยังหันมองไปทางพระองค์ครั้งแล้วครั้งเล่า

Word by Word

पुनःagain

चand

वार्ष्णेयम्the Vārṣṇeya (Krishna, descendant of Vṛṣṇi)

पर्यष्वजत्embraced

फाल्गुनःPhālguna (Arjuna)

आuntil / up to

चरक्षु-विषयात्from the range of sight (from being visible to the eyes)

चand

एनम्him

सःhe

ददर्शsaw / kept looking at

पुनःagain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Arjuna (Phālguna)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-emotional dimension of dharma: true guidance and friendship are honored with gratitude and reverence. Arjuna’s repeated embrace and lingering gaze show loyalty, humility, and recognition of Kṛṣṇa’s sustaining role after the trials of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Kṛṣṇa departs, Arjuna repeatedly embraces him and continues to look after him until he is no longer visible, emphasizing the pain of separation and the depth of their bond.