Shloka 28

Śānti Parva, Adhyāya 52 — Bhīṣma’s Humility Before Kṛṣṇa and the Granting of Boons

Devanagari script

ततः प्रणाममकरोत्‌ केशव: सहपाण्डव: । सात्यकि: संजयश्चैव स च शारद्वत: कृप:,इसके बाद पाण्डवोंसहित श्रीकृष्ण, सात्यकि, संजय तथा शरद्वानके पुत्र कृपाचार्यने उन सबको प्रणाम किया

Transliteration

tataḥ praṇāmam akarot keśavaḥ saha-pāṇḍavaḥ | sātyakiḥ sañjayaś caiva sa ca śāradvataḥ kṛpaḥ ||

Translation

Pagkaraan nito, si Keśava (Kṛṣṇa), kasama ang mga Pāṇḍava, ay naghandog ng magalang na pagpupugay. Yumukod din sina Sātyaki at Sañjaya, gayundin si Kṛpa, ang anak ni Śaradvat.

Word by Word

ततःthen/thereupon

प्रणामम्salutation/bow

अकरोत्did/made (performed)

केशवःKeshava (Krishna)

सहtogether with

पाण्डवैःwith the Pandavas

सात्यकिःSatyaki

संजयःSanjaya

चand

एवindeed/also

सःhe

चand

शारद्वतःSharadvata (descendant/son of Sharadvat)

कृपःKripa

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Pāṇḍavas

Sātyaki

Sañjaya

Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)

Śaradvat

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 dharmic decorum: offering praṇāma (respectful salutation) is a visible practice of humility and recognition of rightful status, sustaining harmony and ethical order even among powerful figures.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Kṛṣṇa along with the Pāṇḍavas, and also Sātyaki, Sañjaya, and Kṛpācārya (Śāradvata Kṛpa), perform salutations—marking a formal, respectful moment in the assembly’s proceedings.