Shloka 28

Go-apahāra (Cattle Theft), Go-dāna (Cow-Gift), and Suvarṇa-dakṣiṇā (Gold Fee): Karmic Consequence and Purificatory Merit

Devanagari script

त्वया तु तारितो<स्म्यद्य किमन्यत्र तपोबलात्‌ । अनुजानीहि मां कृष्ण गच्छेयं दिवमद्य वै

Transliteration

tvayā tu tārito 'smy adya kim anyatra tapobalāt | anujānīhi māṃ kṛṣṇa gaccheyaṃ divam adya vai ||

Translation

“Hỡi Kṛṣṇa! Hôm nay con đã được Ngài cứu độ—ngoài sức mạnh khổ hạnh (tapas) của Ngài ra, còn nguyên do nào khác được chăng? Xin cho phép con; với sự chuẩn thuận của Ngài, con sẽ lên cõi trời ngay trong ngày này.”

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

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

• तारितः: saved/delivered
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तारयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• किम्: what
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अन्यत्र: otherwise/elsewhere; apart from
• अन्यत्र: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र

• तपोबलात्: from the power of austerity
• तपोबलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + बल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अनुजानीहि: permit/allow (me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गच्छेयम्: may I go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Potential), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (द्यौः/दिव)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• वै: indeed/surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)
• कृष्ण (Kṛṣṇa)
• दिवम् (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Deliverance is attributed to spiritual power (tapas) and the righteous agency of Kṛṣṇa; the verse highlights humility, recognition of higher merit, and the ethical propriety of seeking permission before renouncing worldly life for a higher state.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin addresses Kṛṣṇa, declaring that he has been saved and crediting Kṛṣṇa’s ascetic/spiritual potency as the cause; he then asks Kṛṣṇa for leave to depart immediately to heaven.