Shloka 18

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

गृहीत्वा कुण्डले दिव्ये गुरुपत्न्या: प्रियंकर: । जवेन महता प्रायाद्‌ गौतमस्याश्रमं प्रति,गुरुपत्नीका प्रिय करनेवाले उत्तंक दोनों दिव्य कुण्डल लेकर बड़े वेगसे गौतमके आश्रमकी ओर बढ़े

Transliteration

gṛhītvā kuṇḍale divye gurupatnyāḥ priyaṅkaraḥ | javena mahatā prāyād gautamasyāśramaṃ prati ||

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：优多迦为取悦师母，携得那一对神妙的耳环，便以极快的速度奔向乔达摩的住林。

Word by Word

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव (active sense)

• कुण्डले: two earrings
• कुण्डले: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन

• गुरुपत्न्याः: of the teacher's wife
• गुरुपत्न्याः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुपत्नी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रियंकरः: Uttanka, the one who does what is pleasing
• प्रियंकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियंकर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जवेन: with speed
• जवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रायात्: went forth / proceeded
• प्रायात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, past (aorist)

• गौतमस्य: of Gautama
• गौतमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gautama
• guru-patnī (the teacher’s wife)
• Uttaṅka
• divya kuṇḍala (divine earrings)
• Gautama’s āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as prompt, faithful fulfillment of one’s obligation to the guru’s household—acting to please the guru-patnī and hastening to complete the entrusted task without negligence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttaṅka has obtained the divine earrings desired by his teacher’s wife; carrying them, he departs quickly and heads toward Gautama’s hermitage to deliver them and complete his duty.