Shloka 10

Uttanka’s Inquiry and Vāsudeva’s Adhyātma Exposition

Guṇa–Ritual–Immanence Teaching

Devanagari script

कच्चिच्छौरे त्वया गत्वा कुरुपाण्डवसझ तत्‌ | कृतं॑ सौश्रात्रमचलं तन्मे व्याख्यातुमहसि

Transliteration

kaccic chauri tvayā gatvā kuru-pāṇḍava-saṅghaṁ tat | kṛtaṁ sauśrātram acalaṁ tan me vyākhyātum arhasi ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O Śauri, matapos kang pumunta sa kapulungan ng mga Kuru at ng mga Pāṇḍava, nagtagumpay ka bang magtatag sa kanila ng isang di-matitinag na bigkis ng pagkakapatiran? Ipaliwanag mo ito sa akin nang masinsinan.”

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether indeed?, I hope
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• शौरे: O descendant of Śūra (O Śauri)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• कुरु-पाण्डव-सत्: the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas (the good among them)
• कुरु-पाण्डव-सत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + पाण्डव + सत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तत्: that (matter/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृतम्: done, accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सौश्रात्रम्: brotherly concord / fraternal amity
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौश्रात्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अचलम्: unshaken, firm
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• व्याख्यातुम्: to explain
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याख्या + कृ (व्याख्यातुं as infinitive of causative/denominative usage)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you are able
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शूर-नन्दन: O son of a hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर + नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śauri (Kṛṣṇa)
• Kurus
• Pāṇḍavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds dharma as social repair: after conflict, the highest ethical task is to restore stable kinship and unity (acala sauśrātra) among related houses, not merely to end hostilities outwardly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana questions Śauri (Kṛṣṇa) about his visit to the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, asking whether he has successfully established firm brotherly concord among them, and requests a detailed account.