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Shloka 1

भीष्मदर्शनार्थं प्रस्थानम्

Departure to Behold Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वनें युधिष्ठिर आदिका आगमनविषयक बावनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ५२ ॥। ऑपन-आ क्र बछ। 2 त्रिपञज्चाशत्तमो<ड्ध्याय: भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णकी प्रातश्वचर्या

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | tataḥ śayanam āviśya prasupto madhusūdanaḥ | yāmamātrārthaśeṣāyāṃ yāminyāṃ pratyabuddhyata ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那曰：其后，摩度苏陀那（圣克里希纳）登榻而卧，遂入睡。待夜仅余一更之时，他复又醒起。

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

शयनम्bed, couch

आविश्यhaving entered/resorted to

प्रसुप्तःasleep, having fallen asleep

मधुसूदनःMadhusūdana (slayer of Madhu; Kṛṣṇa)

याममात्रार्थशेषायाम्when only a yāma’s measure remained (i.e., with a watch remaining)

यामिन्याम्in the night

प्रत्यबुद्ध्यतawoke, became awake

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janamejaya

Madhusūdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

śayana (couch/bed)

yāminī (night)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in a brief narrative detail, the text foregrounds ācāra (disciplined conduct): timely rest and timely awakening support steadiness of mind, which in turn undergirds dharmic leadership and right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding chapter’s transition, Kṛṣṇa lies down to sleep; when only one watch of the night remains, he wakes—setting up the next sequence describing his early-morning routine and subsequent events.