Shloka 3

Uttarā-vilāpaḥ and Kṛṣṇasya satya-vacanenābhi-mañyu-jasyābhijīvanam

Uttarā’s Lament and the Revival of Abhimanyu’s Son by Krishna’s Truth-Act

Devanagari script

ततः स प्राविशत्‌ तूर्ण जन्मवेश्म पितुस्तव । अर्चितं पुरुषव्याप्र सितैर्माल्यैर्यथाविधि

Transliteration

tataḥ sa prāviśat tūṛṇaṃ janmaveśma pitus tava | arcitaṃ puruṣavyāghra sitair mālyair yathāvidhi ||

Translation

随后，他疾步进入你父亲的诞生之室——产房——噫，人中之虎！其处已依仪轨受敬，并以白色花鬘如法装饰，昭示此地之清净神圣，以及对吉祥礼俗的谨慎奉行。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• प्राविशत्: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• जन्मवेश्म: birth-house, lying-in chamber
• जन्मवेश्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म-वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पितुः: of (your) father
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अर्चितम्: honoured, worshipped, duly decorated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सितैः: with white (ones)
• सितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• माल्यैः: with garlands
• माल्यैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• विधि: rule, prescribed rite
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• the father of the addressee (pituḥ tava)
• janmaveśma / sūtikāgāra (birth-chamber)
• white garlands (sitāni mālyāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharma as careful observance of auspicious and purificatory rites: sacred spaces—especially those connected with birth—are to be approached with reverence, cleanliness, and proper ritual order, reflecting ethical respect for life and lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Śrī Kṛṣṇa quickly enters the father’s birth-chamber (lying-in room), which has been properly decorated with white garlands according to ritual prescription, indicating a solemn, sanctified setting for what follows.