Shloka 29

मौसलपर्व — अध्याय ८

Arjuna’s evacuation of Dvārakā, Vasudeva’s rites, and the caravan’s crisis

Devanagari script

कृत्वा भारावतरणं पृथिव्या: पृुथुलोचन:

Transliteration

kṛtvā bhārāvataraṇaṃ pṛthivyāḥ pṛthulocanaḥ

Translation

بعد أن أتمَّ تخفيفَ عبءِ الأرض، ذو العينين الواسعتين (الرب) … (وتتواصل الحكاية)، في إشارةٍ إلى أنّ الغاية الإلهية الكامنة وراء الصراع العظيم—تخليصَ العالم من قوى القهر—قد تحققت، وأن مجرى الأحداث يتجه الآن إلى الانسحاب والخاتمة لا إلى مزيدٍ من الفتوح.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (त्वान्त)

• भारावतरणम्: the removal/lightening of the burden
• भारावतरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारावतरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिव्याः: of the earth
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• पृथुलोचनः: the broad-eyed one
• पृथुलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथुलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• व्यास (Vyāsa)
• पृथिवी (the Earth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the great historical upheaval as serving a dharmic-cosmic function: when oppression and adharma become a ‘burden’ upon the Earth, divine agency operates to restore balance. Ethical emphasis falls on the idea that power and violence are not ends in themselves; they are judged by whether they re-establish order and reduce harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, as narrator, signals that the central mission—relieving the Earth’s burden—has been completed. In the Mausala Parva context, this points toward the winding down of the Yādava era and the transition into dissolution and departure, rather than further expansion or rule.