Shloka 10

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

उत्तड्ुक उवाच राजंस्तथेह कर्तास्मि पुनरेष्यामि ते वशम्‌ | प्रश्न॑ च कंचित्‌ प्रष्टूं त्वां निवृत्तोडस्मि परंतप

Transliteration

Uttaṅka uvāca: rājan tatheha kartāsmi punar eṣyāmi te vaśam | praśnaṃ ca kañcit praṣṭuṃ tvāṃ nivṛtto ’smi paraṃtapa ||

Translation

Uttaṅka nói: “Tâu Đại vương, bậc thiêu đốt quân thù, thần sẽ làm như vậy tại đây: sẽ hoàn tất điều cần làm rồi lại trở về dưới quyền của bệ hạ. Nhưng trong lúc này, tâu đấng khuất phục địch thù, thần quay lại để hỏi bệ hạ một câu hỏi.”

Word by Word

• उत्तङ्कः: Uttaṅka
• उत्तङ्कः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इह: here, in this matter/now
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• कर्तास्मि: I shall do / I will perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present, 1, Singular

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

• एष्यामि: I will come/return
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Simple Future, 1, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वशम्: control, subjection
• वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रश्नम्: a question
• प्रश्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रश्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कञ्चित्: some (a certain)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रष्टुम्: to ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निवृत्तः: having returned, having turned back
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

उत्तड्ुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Uttaṅka
• the King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic integrity: one should keep one’s pledged duty (pratijñā) and respect rightful authority, while also valuing timely inquiry—asking necessary questions before proceeding further.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka addresses the king, affirming he will carry out his commitment and later return under the king’s authority, but he has come back briefly because he needs to ask an important question first.