Shloka 1

Subhadrā’s Petition to Kṛṣṇa for the Revival of Parīkṣit (अभिमन्युज-प्राणरक्षा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

/ नीपस्ज्श्लिस्ज यु भिपस््श्श्ज्जण षट्षष्टितमो<5 ध्याय: श्रीकृष्णका हस्तिनापुरमें आगमन और उत्तराके मृत बालकको जिलानेके लिये कुन्तीकी उनसे प्रार्थना वैशम्पायन उवाच एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वासुदेवो5पि वीर्यवान्‌ | उपायाद्‌ वृष्णिश्रि: सार्धथ पुरं वारणसाह्दयम्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: etasminn eva kāle tu vāsudevo 'pi vīryavān | upāyād vṛṣṇiśreṣṭhaḥ sārdhaṁ puraṁ vāraṇasāhvayam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Hỡi Janamejaya, đúng vào lúc ấy, Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) dũng mãnh cũng đến—bậc tối thượng trong dòng Vṛṣṇi—cùng với thân tộc của mình tiến vào thành được gọi là Vāraṇasāhvaya (Hastināpura).”

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वीर्यवान्: mighty/valorous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उपायात्: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृष्णिश्रीः: the glory of the Vrishnis (Krishna)
• वृष्णिश्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिश्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सार्धम्: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम्

• पुरम्: to the city
• पुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वारणसाह्वयम्: named Vāraṇa (i.e., Hastināpura)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारणसाह्वय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Vṛṣṇis (Yādavas)
• Hastināpura (Vāraṇasāhvaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is sustained not only by victory in war but by timely guidance, protection, and the re-establishment of righteous order afterward; Kṛṣṇa’s arrival signals a return of stabilizing wisdom and guardianship in the fragile post-conflict period.

What is happening in the narrative?

As Vaiśampāyana narrates to King Janamejaya, Kṛṣṇa—leader of the Vṛṣṇis—arrives at Hastināpura (also called Vāraṇasāhvaya) accompanied by his people, preparing the ground for the ensuing events of this chapter.