Shloka 32
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
वैशम्पायन उवाच सतुतं ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा तस्य दुःखेन दुःखित: । उत्तड़कमब्रवीत् वाक््यं नैतच्छक्यं त्वयेति वै
vaiśampāyana uvāca | sa tu taṃ brāhmaṇo bhūtvā tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ | uttaṅkam abravīd vākyaṃ naitac chakyaṃ tvayeti vai |
毗湿摩波耶那说：因陀罗为乌坦迦之悲而悲，便化作婆罗门，对他说：“婆罗门啊，此事非你所能成。那伽之界离此有数千由旬；欲以这区区木杖开辟通路，依我看并不可行。”此段以慈悲之劝为合乎正法的节制：既承认求道者的哀痛，又阻止那不可能且自损的执拗之举。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Compassionate guidance is part of dharma: when someone is driven by grief into an impracticable course, a well-wisher should restrain them with truthful counsel, steering effort toward what is actually achievable rather than letting zeal become self-destructive.
Indra, moved by Uttanka’s distress, approaches him in the disguise of a brāhmaṇa and warns that reaching the Nāga realm is extremely distant and cannot be made possible by the simple means Uttanka is attempting (a wooden staff), indicating the need for another approach or divine aid.