Shloka 57

अर्जुनस्योत्तरदिग्विजयः

Arjuna’s Northern Conquests and Tribute Collection

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्ठटिरमुखा: पाण्डवा भरतर्षभ | प्रदक्षिणमकुर्वन्त कृष्णमक्लिष्टकारिणम्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ) जाते समय युधिष्ठिर आदि समस्त पाण्डवोंने अनायास ही सब कार्य करनेवाले भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी परिक्रमा की

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhira-mukhāḥ pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha | pradakṣiṇam akurvanta kṛṣṇam akliṣṭa-kāriṇam ||

Translation

Bấy giờ các Pāṇḍava, do Yudhiṣṭhira dẫn đầu—hỡi bậc tráng kiệt trong dòng Bhārata—đã đi nhiễu (circumambulate) quanh Kṛṣṇa, Đấng làm mọi việc không hề nhọc sức. Cử chỉ ấy biểu lộ lòng tôn kính và sự hòa hợp với dharma: họ nhận Kṛṣṇa là trung tâm của lời khuyên và sự che chở, đáp lại không bằng kiêu căng hay vội vã, mà bằng nghi lễ kính thuận theo đạo lý.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

युधिष्ठिरमुखाःhaving Yudhiṣṭhira as the foremost (led by Yudhiṣṭhira)

पाण्डवाःthe Pāṇḍavas

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)

प्रदक्षिणम्circumambulation (keeping to the right)

अकुर्वन्तthey did, they performed

कृष्णम्Kṛṣṇa

अक्लिष्टकारिणम्one who acts without effort; unwearied doer

भरतश्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Pāṇḍavas

Kṛṣṇa

Bhāratas (Bharata lineage)

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?

A dharmic community honors rightful wisdom and divine support through humility and reverence. Circumambulation (pradakṣiṇā) expresses ethical alignment: acknowledging a higher moral center before acting.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding events, Yudhiṣṭhira and the other Pāṇḍavas formally circumambulate Kṛṣṇa, showing respect and recognition of his role as their benefactor and guide, described as one who accomplishes tasks effortlessly.