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Shloka 1

Śiva-darśana through Tapas and Stuti (उपमन्यु–कृष्ण संवादः)

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य पाठके ४ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४३३ श्लोक हैं) मी पी नजजञन जल ि्जजऑआंडहडइ > गार्हपत्य

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca

mūrdhnā nipatya niyatastejaḥ-saṃnicaye tataḥ |

parama-harṣam āgatya bhagavantam athābruvam ||

Translation

شری کرشن نے کہا—اے بھارت! اس کے بعد میں نے اپنے من کو قابو میں کیا، اور الٰہی نور کے پیکر بھگوان شِو کے حضور سر جھکا کر سجدۂ تعظیم کیا۔ پھر انتہائی مسرت سے بھر کر میں نے اس بھگوان سے یوں عرض کیا۔

Word by Word

मूर्ध्नाwith (my) head

निपत्यhaving fallen down / having prostrated

नियतःself-controlled, restrained

तेजः-सन्निचयेin the mass/heap of radiance (splendour)

ततःthen, thereafter

परम्greatly, exceedingly

हर्षम्joy, delight

आगत्यhaving come/approached

भगवन्तम्the Blessed Lord

अथthen, now

अब्रुवम्I said/spoke

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Bhārata (address to Yudhiṣṭhira/descendant of Bharata)

Śiva (Mahādeva, Bhagavān)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic devotion: true approach to the divine begins with inner restraint (niyataḥ) and outward humility (prostration). Ethical power is grounded in self-mastery and reverence, not entitlement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa, after controlling his mind, bows and prostrates before Śiva—described as a concentrated mass of radiance—and, filled with joy, begins to speak to him, setting up the ensuing dialogue about Śiva’s grace and glory.