Shloka 23

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

रुचितं हि ममैतत्ते द्वारकागमनं प्रभो | अचिरादेव द्रष्टा त्वं मातुलं मे जनार्दन

Transliteration

rucitaṃ hi mamaitatte dvārakāgamanam prabho | acirādeva draṣṭā tvaṃ mātulaṃ me janārdana ||

Translation

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Panginoon, tunay na ikinagagalak ko ang iyong balak na magtungo sa Dvārakā. Di magtatagal, O Janārdana, tiyak na makikita mo ang aking tiyuhin sa ina.”

Word by Word

रुचितम्pleasing, agreeable

हिindeed, for

ममof me, my

एतत्this

तेof you, your

द्वारका-गमनम्going to Dvārakā

प्रभोO lord

अचिरात्soon, before long

एवindeed, just

द्रष्टाseer; one who will see

त्वम्you

मातुलम्maternal uncle

मेmy, of me

जनार्दनO Janārdana (Krishna)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dvārakā

Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

maternal uncle (mātula)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical and social value of honoring kinship and maintaining relationships through timely visits and meetings; it frames the journey to Dvārakā as a welcome, proper course aligned with respect and familial duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the events, expresses approval of the Lord’s intention to go to Dvārakā and notes that Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) will soon meet the narrator’s maternal uncle, indicating an imminent reunion and a shift of scene toward Dvārakā.