शौनक उवाच कस्य हेतोर्निजग्राह कलिं दिग्विजये नृप: । नृदेवचिह्नधृक्शूद्रकोऽसौ गां य: पदाहनत् । तत्कथ्यतां महाभाग यदि कृष्णकथाश्रयम् ॥ ५ ॥
saunaka uvaca kasya hetor nijagraha kalim digvijaye nrpah nrdeva-cihna-dhrk sudra- ko ’sau gam yah padahanat tat kathyatam maha-bhaga yadi krsna-kathasrayam
- saunakah uvaca
- Saunaka Rsi said
- kasya
- for what
- hetoh
- reason
- nijagraha
- sufficiently punished
- kalim
- the master of the Age of Kali
- digvijaye
- during the time of his world tour
- nrpah
- the King
- nr-deva
- royal person
- cihna-dhrk
- decorated like
- sudrakah
- lowest of the sudras
- asau
- he
- gam
- cow
- yah
- one who
- pada ahanat
- struck on the leg
- tat
- all that
- kathyatam
- please describe
- maha-bhaga
- O greatly fortunate one
- yadi
- if, however
- krsna
- about Krsna
- katha-asrayam
- related with His topics
Saunaka Rsi inquired: Why did Maharaja Pariksit simply punish him, since he was the lowest of the sudras, having dressed as a king and having struck a cow on the leg? Please describe all these incidents if they relate to the topics of Lord Krsna.