Shloka 1

मागधगिरिव्रजप्रवेशः — Entry into Girivraja and Jarāsandha’s Protocol Inquiry

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १३ श्लोक हैं) ऑपनआक्राा बा 5 एकोनविशो< ध्याय: चण्डकौशिक मुनिके द्वारा जरासंधका भविष्यकथन तथा पिताके द्वारा उसका राज्याभिषेक करके वनमें जाना श्रीकृष्ण उवाच कस्यचित्‌ त्वथ कालस्य पुनरेव महातपा: । मगधेषूपचक्राम भगवांश्षण्डकौशिक:

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | kasyacit tv atha kālasya punar eva mahātapāḥ | magadheṣūpacakrāma bhagavāñ chaṇḍakauśikaḥ ||

Translation

شری کرشن نے کہا—اے راجن! کچھ زمانہ گزرنے کے بعد عظیم ریاضت والے بھگوان چندکَوشِک مُنی پھر مگدھ دیس میں گردش کرتے ہوئے آئے۔

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महातपाः: the great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मगधेषु: in the Magadhas / in Magadha lands
• मगधेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मगध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• उपचक्राम: approached/went about
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-क्रम् (धातु: क्रम्)
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चण्डकौशिकः: Chandakaushika (sage)
• चण्डकौशिकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डकौशिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Chaṇḍakauśika (sage)
• Magadha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the moral authority of tapas (austerity) and the role of revered sages in guiding political life: a king’s story is framed through the arrival of a holy ascetic whose movements and words can shape royal decisions and future events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa begins recounting a past episode: after some time, the sage Chaṇḍakauśika returns to the region of Magadha, setting the stage for subsequent narration connected with Magadha’s ruler(s) and future developments.