Shloka 5
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names
Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana
संजय उवाच मायां न सेवे भद्रें ते न वृथा धर्ममाचरे । शुद्धभावं गतो भक््त्या शास्त्राद् वेझि जनार्दनम्
sañjaya uvāca māyāṃ na seve bhadraṃ te na vṛthā dharmam ācare | śuddhabhāvaṃ gato bhaktyā śāstrād vetsi janārdanam ||
三阇耶说道：“愿王安泰。我不事欺诳，不以虚饰之行徒然修法。以奉爱之力，我的内心已得清净；因此依凭圣典（śāstra）之权威，我如实知晓阇那尔达那（圣克里希纳）本来之相。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True religious life is marked by sincerity: avoiding deceit (māyā) and rejecting hollow, performative dharma. Devotion (bhakti) purifies the inner disposition, enabling genuine understanding of Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) grounded in śāstra rather than in pretense.
Sanjaya, speaking to the king, asserts his moral credibility: he does not employ trickery and does not follow dharma as hypocrisy. He explains that through devotion his mind has become pure, and thus he is able—by scriptural testimony—to know and speak rightly about Janārdana (Śrī Kṛṣṇa).