Shloka 17

Devanagari script

नित्यं हृष्ट: सुमनसो भारतैरभिरक्षिता: | नोद्विग्ना: परचक्राणां व्यसनानामकोविदा:,इधर उपप्लव्य नगरसे आते हुए भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको देखनेकी इच्छासे अनेक नागरिक रास्तेमें एक साथ खड़े थे। भरतवंशियोंद्वारा सुरक्षित होनेके कारण वे सदा हर्ष एवं उल्लाससे भरे रहते थे। उनका मन बहुत प्रसन्न था। उन्हें शत्रुओंकी सेनाओंसे उद्विग्न होनेका अवसर नहीं आता था। दुःख और संकट कैसा होता है, इसको वे जानते ही नहीं थे

Transliteration

nityaṁ hṛṣṭāḥ sumanasaḥ bhāratair abhirakṣitāḥ | nodvignāḥ paracakrāṇāṁ vyasanānām akovidāḥ ||

Translation

بھارتوں کی حفاظت کے باعث شہر کے لوگ ہمیشہ خوش و خرم اور شادمان رہتے تھے۔ دشمن لشکروں سے انہیں کبھی اضطراب نہ ہوتا تھا، اور وہ مصیبت و آفت سے ناواقف تھے—گویا دکھ اور بحران کیا ہوتے ہیں، یہ انہوں نے جانا ہی نہ تھا۔

Word by Word

नित्यम्always

हृष्टाःdelighted, joyful

सुमनसःcheerful, of good mind

भारतैःby the Bharatas

अभिरक्षिताःprotected, guarded

नnot

उद्विग्नाःanxious, agitated

परचक्राणाम्of enemy forces/armies

व्यसनानाम्of calamities, misfortunes

अकोविदाःunacquainted, ignorant (of)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhāratas

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Upaplavya (implied by the narrative context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler’s dharma includes safeguarding people so thoroughly that ordinary life remains free from fear and constant anxiety; such protection fosters collective well-being, cheerfulness, and moral stability, even as larger political dangers gather elsewhere.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narration describes the citizens gathering along the road to see Śrī Kṛṣṇa arriving (from Upaplavya in the surrounding context). Their mood is confident and joyful because they live under strong protection and have little experience of the distress caused by enemy armies or major calamities.