Shloka 98

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

अन्त्येषु पुत्रान्‌ निक्षिप्य यदुद्र॒द्युपुरोगमान्‌ । पुरुं राज्येडभिषिच्याथ सदार: प्राविशद्‌ वनम्‌

Transliteration

antyeṣu putrān nikṣipya yadu-druhyu-purogamān | pūruṁ rājyebhiṣicyātha sa-dāraḥ prāviśad vanam ||

Translation

他将诸子安置于边疆诸地——其中以雅度（Yadu）与德鲁休（Druhyu）最为卓著——继而为普鲁（Pūru）行灌顶礼，使其统御中土之国。随后，他偕同诸后妃步入林野。

Word by Word

• अन्त्येषु: in the border/outer (regions)
• अन्त्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्त्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निक्षिप्य: having placed/installed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• यदु: Yadu
• यदु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रुह्युम्: Druhyu
• द्रुह्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुह्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरोगमान्: as leaders/placed in front (as chiefs)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुरुम्: Puru
• पुरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अभिषिच्य: having anointed/crowned
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सदारः: together with (his) wife/wives
• सदारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-दार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वनम्: the forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Yadu
• Druhyu
• Pūru
• the king (speaker’s narrative subject)
• wives (dārāḥ)
• forest (vana)
• frontier regions (antya-deśa)
• central kingdom (madhya-rājya implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler should ensure rightful succession and the welfare of the realm before renouncing power; orderly delegation of responsibilities and timely withdrawal into a disciplined life are presented as dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The king assigns his sons to govern frontier territories (with Yadu and Druhyu prominent), consecrates Pūru as ruler of the central kingdom, and then departs with his wives to the forest, signaling a transition from royal life to renunciant practice.