Shloka 15

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 130: Kuntī’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Daṇḍanīti

Devanagari script

संजयं च महाभागमृषींश्षैव तपोधनान्‌ । प्रादात्‌ तेषां स भगवान्‌ दिव्यं चक्षुर्जनार्दन:

Transliteration

sañjayaṃ ca mahābhāgam ṛṣīṃś caiva tapodhanān | prādāt teṣāṃ sa bhagavān divyaṃ cakṣur janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：有福的主宰阇那尔达那赐予贤贵的三阇耶与苦行深厚的圣仙们以天眼。唯凭此恩赐，他们方得瞻见主那威严而炽耀的显现；其余众人被恐惧压倒，不能睁目而视。此事昭示：危难之际对神圣与达摩的真实洞见，不仅在于肉眼，更在于内在的相应与神恩。

Word by Word

• संजयम्: Sanjaya (as object)
• संजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महाभागम्: highly fortunate/noble
• महाभागम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तपोधनान्: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• तपोधनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रादात्: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेषाम्: to them / of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्षुः: eye/sight (vision)
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• Ṛṣis (sages)
• Tapodhanas (austere sages)
• Bhagavān Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Spiritual and ethical discernment in decisive moments is not merely sensory; it requires inner preparedness (tapas, purity, steadiness) and, ultimately, divine grace. Those endowed with such fitness are enabled to perceive what overwhelms ordinary perception.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) bestows divine sight upon Sañjaya and austere sages so they can behold His extraordinary, terrifyingly radiant manifestation—while others are unable to look upon it.