Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

अश्व उवाच गुरो्गुरुं मां जानीहि ज्वलनं जातवेदसम्‌ | त्वया हाहं सदा विप्र गुरोरर्थेंडभिपूजित:

Transliteration

aśva uvāca: guroḥ guruṁ māṁ jānīhi jvalanaṁ jātavedasam | tvayā ha ahaṁ sadā vipra guror arthe ’bhipūjitaḥ |

Translation

Con ngựa nói: “Hãy biết rõ ta là Lửa—Jātavedas—kẻ còn là bậc thầy của cả thầy ngươi. Hỡi bà-la-môn, ngươi hằng thờ phụng ta đúng nghi lễ vì lợi ích của thầy mình, giữ thân tâm thanh tịnh. Bởi vậy ta sẽ đem lại phúc lợi cho ngươi. Nay hãy làm đúng như ta dạy—chớ chần chừ.”

Word by Word

• अश्वः: the horse
• अश्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गुरुम्: the teacher (as object)
• गुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• जानीहि: know (you should know)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular

• ज्वलनम्: the blazing one; fire
• ज्वलनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वलन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• हा: indeed / alas (exclamation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• गुरोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थे: for the sake/purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अभिपूजितः: was duly worshipped/honoured
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-पूज्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Aśva (the sacrificial horse, speaking)
• Agni (Jātavedas)
• Guru (teacher, as a relational figure)
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True service to one’s guru—performed with purity and according to rite—draws divine support. The verse elevates disciplined devotion (guru-artha worship) as a dharmic act that yields welfare, and it stresses prompt obedience to righteous instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sacrificial horse reveals its deeper identity as Agni (Jātavedas) and addresses a brāhmaṇa, acknowledging that the brāhmaṇa has long worshipped fire on behalf of his teacher. Pleased, the speaker promises the brāhmaṇa’s good and urges him to carry out the next action without delay.