Shloka 1

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

ऑपनआक्राता बछ। 2 अष्टपञज्चाशत्तमो< ध्याय: कुण्डल लेकर उत्तंकका लौटना

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa mitrasaham āsādya abhijñānam ayācata | tasmai dadāv abhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvaras tadā |

Translation

ویشَمپاین نے کہا—اُتّنک بادشاہ مِترسہ (سوداس) کے پاس گیا اور شناخت کی علامت مانگی۔ تب اِکشواکو نسل کے اُس برتر فرمانروا نے ملکہ تک پہنچانے کے لیے ایک ایسا معتبر نشانِ شناخت دیا، تاکہ اُتّنک کا پیغام سچا اور قابلِ قبول سمجھ کر تسلیم کیا جائے۔

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मित्रसहम्: Mitrasa(h)a (king Mitrasaha/Saudāsa)
• मित्रसहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्रसह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Active

• अभिज्ञानम्: a token of recognition
• अभिज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अयाचत: asked/begged
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अभिज्ञानम्: a token of recognition
• अभिज्ञानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इक्ष्वाकुवरः: the best of the Ikṣvāku line
• इक्ष्वाकुवरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकुवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uttanka
• Mitrasaha (Saudāsa)
• Ikṣvāku dynasty
• Queen (implied recipient of the message/token)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even truthful speech needs credible verification in social and royal contexts; dharma includes safeguarding communication from fraud by using recognized tokens (abhijñāna).

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttanka goes to King Mitrasaha and asks for a sign of recognition so that the queen will accept his message; the king provides an identifying token to authenticate Uttanka’s words.