Shloka 20

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

Devanagari script

स कम्मिंश्चित्‌ क्षुधाविष्टः फलभारसमन्वितम्‌ । बिल्व॑ ददर्श विप्रर्षिरारुरोह च त॑ तत:

Transliteration

sa kammiṁścit kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ phalabhārasamanvitam | bilvaṁ dadarśa viprarṣir āruroha ca taṁ tataḥ |

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：在某处，他为饥饿所迫，见一株毕罗婆树因果实累累而枝干下垂。那位婆罗门仙人便攀上树去，将那包黑羚羊皮系在一枝上，随后摘取毕罗婆果实，任其坠落，以解当下迫切的饥馑。

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some (place/occasion)
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• क्षुधा: by hunger
• क्षुधा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुध्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• आविष्टः: seized/afflicted
• आविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• फलभारसमन्वितम्: laden with the weight of fruits
• फलभारसमन्वितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल-भार-समन्वित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बिल्वम्: a bilva tree
• बिल्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विप्रर्षिः: the brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आरुरोह: climbed
• आरुरोह: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that (tree/it)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• viprarṣi/brahmarṣi (Uttaṅka implied by context)
• bilva tree
• bilva fruits

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a sage experiences bodily needs like hunger; the narrative highlights how necessity is met through simple, nonviolent means (gathering fruit) while maintaining the broader discipline of dharma and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

While traveling, the sage—afflicted by hunger—spots a fruit-laden bilva tree, climbs it, and starts plucking and dropping the fruits to eat and continue his journey.