Shloka 68

Devanagari script

यथानुरूप॑ प्रतिपूजितावु भौ प्रशस्यमानौ स्वकृतैर्गुणौचै: । ननन्दतुस्तौ ससुहृद्गणौ तदा बल॑ नियम्येव सुरेशकेशवी

Transliteration

yathānurūpaṁ pratipūjitāv ubhau praśasyamānau svakṛtair guṇair ucaiḥ | nanandatus tau sasuhṛdgaṇau tadā balaṁ niyamy eva sureśa-keśavī ||

Translation

Śalya nói: “Cả hai đều được tôn vinh đúng với địa vị, và được ca ngợi vang dội vì những đức hạnh do chính hành nghiệp của mình tạo nên. Rồi họ cùng vòng thân hữu hoan hỷ—như thể đã tự kiềm chế sức mạnh, tựa Indra và Keśava (Kṛṣṇa).”

Word by Word

यथाas, according to

अनुरूपम्suitably, in a fitting manner

प्रतिपूजितौhonoured in return / duly honoured

भौindeed (particle; dual-emphatic usage)

प्रशस्यमानौbeing praised

स्वकृतैःby their own deeds

गुणैःby virtues/qualities

उच्चैःaloud, highly

ननन्दतुःthey rejoiced

तौthose two

ससुहृद्गणौtogether with their groups of friends

तदाthen

बलम्force, might (of emotion/impulse)

नियम्यhaving restrained/controlled

इवas if, like

सुरेशlord of the gods (Indra)

केशवीKeshavī (epithet/name; feminine form)

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Shalya

Indra (Sureśa)

Krishna (Keśava)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True esteem is grounded in virtues proven by one’s own actions, and even great power becomes admirable when it is consciously restrained rather than displayed for domination.

What is happening in the narrative?

Shalya describes a scene where two figures are received with fitting honors and public praise; surrounded by their allies and friends, they rejoice, and their controlled strength is likened to the dignified restraint of Indra and Krishna.