Shloka 33
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
इतो हि नागलोको वै योजनानि सहस्रश: । न दण्डकाष्ठसाध्यं च मन्ये कार्यमिदं तव
ito hi nāgaloko vai yojanāni sahasraśaḥ | na daṇḍakāṣṭhasādhyaṃ ca manye kāryam idaṃ tava ||
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Từ đây, cõi Nāga cách xa hàng nghìn do-tuần. Và ta cho rằng việc này của ông không thể thành chỉ bằng một cây gậy gỗ.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights discernment (viveka): some aims cannot be achieved by inadequate means. Ethical effort should be paired with realistic assessment and proper guidance, rather than stubborn persistence with ineffective tools.
The narrator states that Nāgaloka is extremely far away—thousands of yojanas—and remarks that the intended undertaking cannot be completed using only a wooden staff, setting up the need for a different method or divine assistance in the quest connected with the Nāgas.