Shloka 18

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

Devanagari script

गृहीत्वा कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपत्न्या: प्रियंकर: । जवेन महता प्रायाद्‌ गौतमस्याश्रमं प्रति,गुरुपत्नीका प्रिय करनेवाले उत्तंक दोनों दिव्य कुण्डल लेकर बड़े वेगसे गौतमके आश्रमकी ओर बढ़े

Transliteration

gṛhītvā kuṇḍale divye gurupatnyāḥ priyaṅkaraḥ | javena mahatā prāyād gautamasyāśramaṃ prati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Uttaṅka, người mong làm vui lòng phu nhân của thầy, đã nhận lấy đôi khuyên tai thần diệu ấy rồi vội vã lên đường, phóng nhanh về đạo viện của Gautama.

Word by Word

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव (active sense)

• कुण्डले: two earrings
• कुण्डले: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• गुरुपत्न्याः: of the teacher's wife
• गुरुपत्न्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपत्नी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रियंकरः: Uttanka, the one who does what is pleasing
• प्रियंकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियंकर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जवेन: with speed
• जवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रायात्: went forth / proceeded
• प्रायात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, past (aorist)

• गौतमस्य: of Gautama
• गौतमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gautama
• guru-patnī (the teacher’s wife)
• Uttaṅka
• divya kuṇḍala (divine earrings)
• Gautama’s āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as prompt, faithful fulfillment of one’s obligation to the guru’s household—acting to please the guru-patnī and hastening to complete the entrusted task without negligence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka has obtained the divine earrings desired by his teacher’s wife; carrying them, he departs quickly and heads toward Gautama’s hermitage to deliver them and complete his duty.