Shloka 40

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

रक्षन्तु सर्वत्र गतं त्वां यादव सुखाय च । अरिए्टं गच्छ पन्थानमप्रमत्तो भवानघ

Transliteration

rakṣantu sarvatra gataṁ tvāṁ yādavāḥ sukhāya ca | ariṣṭaṁ gaccha panthānam apramatto bhavānagha ||

Translation

واسودیو نے کہا— “تم جہاں جہاں جاؤ، ہر جگہ یادو تمہاری حفاظت کریں اور یہ سفر تمہارے لیے باعثِ خیریت ہو۔ تم بے آفت، محفوظ راہ پر جاؤ؛ اے بے گناہ، ہمیشہ ہوشیار رہو۔”

Word by Word

• रक्षन्तु: may (they) protect
• रक्षन्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), 3, plural, परस्मैपद

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र

• गतम्: gone / proceeding
• गतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (pronoun)
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, accusative, singular

• यादव: O Yādava
• यादव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सुखाय: for (your) welfare/comfort
• सुखाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अरिष्टम्: safe, unharmed
• अरिष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिष्ट
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• पन्थानम्: the path
• पन्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अप्रमत्तः: unheedful (not), vigilant
• अप्रमत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमत्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun (pronoun/honorific)
• Root: भवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (used as vocative)
• Root: अनघ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Krishna)
• Yādavas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one is blessed with protection and goodwill, one should still act with personal responsibility—proceed carefully and remain vigilant (apramattaḥ). Ethical living includes prudence, not mere reliance on fortune or others.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva (Krishna) offers a benediction and practical counsel to the addressed person: may the Yādavas safeguard you wherever you travel; go by a safe route and do not be careless.