Shloka 50

Jarā’s Account and the Enthronement of Jarāsandha (जरासंधोत्पत्तिः अभिषेकश्च)

Devanagari script

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच ततस्ते भरतश्रेष्ठ काशिराजसुते शुभे । त॑ं बालमभिपलद्याशु प्रस्रवैरभ्यषिड्चताम्‌

Transliteration

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | tataste bharataśreṣṭha kāśirājasute śubhe | taṁ bālam abhipaladyāśu prasravair abhyasiñcatām ||

Translation

圣克里希那说道：“于是，噢，婆罗多族中最卓越者，那迦尸王的两位吉祥公主立刻将婴儿抱入怀中，以乳房涌出的乳汁为他沐浴。”

Word by Word

• श्रीकृष्णः: Shri Krishna
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• ते: O you
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• काशिराजसुते: O two daughters of the king of Kashi
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशिराजसुता
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Dual

• शुभे: O auspicious (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Dual

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बालम्: the child
• बालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिपलद्य: having taken up/received (into the lap)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-पालद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• प्रस्रवैः: with streams/flowings (of milk)
• प्रस्रवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्रव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अभ्यषिञ्चताम्: the two sprinkled/bathed (him)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Bharataśreṣṭha (addressee)
• Kāśirāja (king of Kāśī)
• Kāśirāja’s two daughters
• the infant/child

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds immediate compassion and protective care toward the vulnerable: the women respond instinctively and nurturingly to an infant, illustrating a dharmic ethic where safeguarding life and offering sustenance take precedence over delay or hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa narrates that the two daughters of the king of Kāśī promptly lift an infant into their arms and soothe/cleanse him by letting the milk from their breasts flow over him—an image of urgent maternal care and acceptance.