Shloka 44

Aṃśāvataraṇa-kathana (Catalog of Divine/Asuric Portions in Human Births) — Chapter 61

Devanagari script

अनुजां वासुदेवस्य सुभद्रां भद्रभाषिणीम्‌ | सा शचीव महेन्द्रेण श्री: कृष्णेनेव संगता

Transliteration

anujāṃ vāsudevasya subhadrāṃ bhadrabhāṣiṇīm | sā śacīva mahendreṇa śrīḥ kṛṣṇeneva saṅgatā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Subhadrā, em gái của Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), lời nói hiền hòa và cát tường, đã nên duyên cùng chàng—như Śacī sánh đôi với đại Indra, và như Śrī (Lakṣmī) kết hợp với Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• अनुजाम्: younger sister
• अनुजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सुभद्राम्: Subhadrā
• सुभद्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभद्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भद्रभाषिणीम्: sweet-/auspicious-speaking (lady)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भद्रभाषिणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शची: Śacī (Indra’s consort)
• शची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शची
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• महेन्द्रेण: with Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रीः: Śrī (Lakṣmī)/splendor
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णेन: with Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संगता: joined/united (with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + गम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Subhadrā
• Śacī (Indrāṇī)
• Mahendra (Indra)
• Śrī (Lakṣmī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse praises auspicious speech and dignified union, presenting an ideal of companionship through divine comparisons (Śacī–Indra, Śrī–Kṛṣṇa), implying that harmony and virtue are marks of a blessed relationship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes Subhadrā—Kṛṣṇa’s younger sister—as auspicious and well-spoken, and states that she became united with him (in close association/relationship), emphasizing the auspiciousness of this connection by likening it to celebrated divine pairings.