Shloka 48
Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)
आनर्तानवलोक्य त्वं पितरं च महाभुज । वृष्णींश्ष॒ पुनरागच्छेहयमेधे ममानघ
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | ānartān avalokya tvaṃ pitaraṃ ca mahābhuja | vṛṣṇīṃś ca punar āgaccheha aśvamedhe mamānagha || mahābāhu niṣpāpa śrīkṛṣṇa! ānarta-deśakī prajāḥ, sva-mātā-pitarau tathā vṛṣṇivaṃśī bāndhavān saṃmilitvā punar mama aśvamedha-yajñe upāgaccha ||
玉帝士提罗说道：“大臂勇者啊，你既已巡视阿那尔塔（Ānarta）之民，又见过你的父母与弗利什尼族（Vṛṣṇi）诸亲，便请再回到此处来吧，清净无罪者啊，来参加我的马祭（Aśvamedha）。大臂、无瑕的圣克里希纳啊——会见了阿那尔塔国的臣民、你的父母以及弗利什尼一族的亲眷之后，请再度归来，赴我马祭之礼。”
युधिषछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through gratitude and proper conduct: Yudhiṣṭhira honors Kṛṣṇa’s familial and civic duties (meeting his people and kin) while also requesting his presence to complete a major royal rite, showing balance between personal obligations and public responsibility.
After the war, Yudhiṣṭhira is conducting the Aśvamedha to re-establish sovereignty and order. He asks Kṛṣṇa to visit Ānarta (Dvārakā region), see his parents and the Vṛṣṇis, and then return to attend and support the ongoing Aśvamedha sacrifice.