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Shloka 2

Āśvamedhika-parva, Adhyāya 14

Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira; Rites and Gifts; Return to Hastināpura

Devanagari script

सो<नुनीतो भगवता विष्टरश्रवसा स्वयम्‌ | द्वैधायनेन कृष्णेन देवस्थानेन वा विभु:

Transliteration

so 'nunīto bhagavatā viṣṭaraśravasā svayam | dvaidhāyanena kṛṣṇena devasthānena vā vibhuḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：于是，那位强大的君王（尤提施提罗）亲受声名远播的世尊室利·奎师那开示与慰抚，又得奎师那·德外帕耶那（毗耶娑）与天住（Devasthāna）劝导，心志遂得安稳。

Word by Word

सःhe

अनुनीतःpacified, conciliated

भगवताby the Blessed Lord

विष्टरश्रवसाby him whose fame is wide (Vishṭaraśravas)

स्वयम्himself

द्वैधायनेनby Dvaidhāyana (Vyāsa)

कृष्णेनby Krishna

देवस्थानेनby Devsthāna (a proper name / epithet)

वाor

विभुःthe mighty one, the Lord

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Viṣṭaraśravas (epithet of Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vyāsa

Devasthāna

Yudhiṣṭhira (implied as the consoled king)

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?

After immense loss, dharmic recovery begins through right counsel: the ruler regains steadiness by listening to authoritative, compassionate instruction rather than remaining trapped in grief.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira is being guided and reassured by major figures—Śrī Kṛṣṇa, Vyāsa, and Devasthāna—setting the stage for his mind to settle and for governance aligned with dharma to resume.