Shloka 48

Devanagari script

इयेष निर्गन्तुमथो वनाय त॑ वासुदेव: प्रणतो5भ्युवाच

Transliteration

iyeṣa nirgantum atho vanāya taṁ vāsudevaḥ praṇato 'bhyuvāca

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า— ครั้นเขาตั้งใจจะออกไปสู่ป่า วาสุเทวะก็ประนมคำนับด้วยความเคารพ แล้วกล่าวกับเขา

Word by Word

• इयेष: wished/desired
• इयेष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• निर्गन्तुम्: to go out, to depart
• निर्गन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (गम् + निर्)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), active (sense)

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वनाय: to the forest
• वनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रणतः: bowed down, having saluted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular

• अभ्युवाच: addressed/spoke to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वच्
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• vana (forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A dharmic response to another’s decision—especially a decision toward withdrawal or renunciation—is to approach with humility and respectful speech. The verse highlights that moral guidance is best offered through reverence and dialogue, not domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Someone is about to leave for the forest (a gesture often associated with exile, retreat, or renunciation). At that moment Vāsudeva, after bowing, addresses him—signaling an important intervention or counsel at a critical juncture.