Shloka 50

Samrāt-Lakṣaṇa and the Counsel to Check Jarāsandha (सम्राट्-लक्षणं जरासन्ध-प्रतिबाधा-परामर्शः)

Devanagari script

कुशस्थलीं पुरी रम्यां रैवतेनोपशोभिताम्‌ | ततो निवेशं तस्यां च कृतवन्तो वयं नूप,और राजन! रैवतक पर्वतसे सुशोभित रमणीय कुशस्थली पुरीमें जाकर हमलोग निवास करने लगे

Transliteration

Kuśasthalīṃ purīṃ ramyāṃ Raivatena upaśobhitām | tato niveśaṃ tasyāṃ ca kṛtavanto vayaṃ nṛpa ||

Translation

Śrī Kṛṣṇa nói: “Rồi sau đó chúng ta đến thành Kuśasthalī xinh đẹp, rực rỡ nhờ núi Raivata; và tại đó, tâu đại vương, chúng ta lập nơi cư trú.”

Word by Word

कुशस्थलीम्Kushasthalī (city-name)

पुरीम्city

रम्याम्beautiful, delightful

रैवतेनby/with Raivata (mountain/king named Raivata)

उपशोभिताम्adorned, beautified

ततःthen, thereafter

निवेशम्dwelling, settlement, residence

तस्याम्in that (city)

चand

कृतवन्तःmade, did, established

वयम्we

नृपO king

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Kuśasthalī

Mount Raivata

nṛpa (the king addressed)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic social order through peaceful settlement: choosing a secure, beautiful place to live and establishing residence lawfully, emphasizing stability, community, and rightful habitation rather than aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa narrates to the king that they went to the charming city called Kuśasthalī, beautified by Mount Raivata, and that they (his people) took up residence there.