Shloka 43
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
धमस्वापानमेतन्मे ततस्त्वं विप्र लप्स्यसे । ऐरावतसुतेनेह तवानीते हि कुण्डले
dhama svāpānam etan me tataḥ tvaṃ vipra lapsyase | airāvatasuteneha tavānīte hi kuṇḍale |
اس نے اُتّنک سے کہا—“اے برہمنِ برتر! میرے اس اپان-مارگ میں پھونک مارو۔ ایسا کرو گے تو ایراوت کے بیٹے نے جو تمہارے دونوں کُنڈل یہاں لا کر رکھے ہیں، وہ تمہیں مل جائیں گے۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfast commitment to one’s duty (dharma): the seeker is told to perform a difficult, even unusual act with faith and discipline, and the rightful result—recovery of the earrings needed to fulfill an obligation—will follow.
Uttaṅka instructs the Brahmin (Uttaṅka himself in the broader episode, addressing a helper) to blow into his apāna-channel; by this act, the son of Airāvata is said to have brought the two earrings, which will then be obtained, advancing the quest to retrieve the lost ornaments.