Shloka 44

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

युधिषछ्िर उवाच पुण्डरीकाक्ष भद्रें ते गच्छ त्वं मधुसूदन । पुरी द्वारवतीमद्य द्रष्टं शूरसुतं प्रभो

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca puṇḍarīkākṣa bhadraṁ te gaccha tvaṁ madhusūdana | purīṁ dvāravatīm adya draṣṭuṁ śūrasutaṁ prabho ||

Translation

坚战说道：“莲眼的摩度苏陀那啊，愿吉祥与你同在。主宰啊，请于今日启程前往德瓦罗伐提城，去拜见舒罗之子——婆苏提婆。”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhishthira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुण्डरीकाक्ष: O lotus-eyed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भद्रम्: welfare, auspiciousness
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O slayer of Madhu
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरीम्: to the city
• पुरीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• द्वारवतीम्: Dvaravati (Dvaraka)
• द्वारवतीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• शूरसुतम्: the son of Shura (Vasudeva)
• शूरसुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूरसुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kṛṣṇa (Madhusūdana, Puṇḍarīkākṣa)
• Vāsudeva (Śūrasuta)
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Śūra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after victory and royal rites, dharma requires timely action guided by reverence and propriety: Yudhiṣṭhira blesses Kṛṣṇa and urges him to visit the elder Vāsudeva, reflecting respect for elders and the maintenance of righteous relationships.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Aśvamedhika context, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses Kṛṣṇa with honorific epithets and instructs him to depart immediately for Dvāravatī (Dvārakā) to meet Vāsudeva, indicating a purposeful journey and continued coordination among the Yādavas and the Pāṇḍavas.