Shloka 44

Aṃśāvataraṇa-kathana (Catalog of Divine/Asuric Portions in Human Births) — Chapter 61

Devanagari script

अनुजां वासुदेवस्य सुभद्रां भद्रभाषिणीम्‌ | सा शचीव महेन्द्रेण श्री: कृष्णेनेव संगता

Transliteration

anujāṃ vāsudevasya subhadrāṃ bhadrabhāṣiṇīm | sā śacīva mahendreṇa śrīḥ kṛṣṇeneva saṅgatā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Subhadrā, die jüngere Schwester Vāsudevas (Kṛṣṇas), sanft und glückverheißend in ihrer Rede, wurde mit ihm vereint — wie Śacī mit dem großen Indra und wie Śrī (Lakṣmī) mit Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

अनुजाम्younger sister

वासुदेवस्यof Vāsudeva (Krishna)

सुभद्राम्Subhadrā

भद्रभाषिणीम्sweet-/auspicious-speaking (lady)

साshe

शचीŚacī (Indra’s consort)

इवas/like

महेन्द्रेणwith Mahendra (Indra)

श्रीःŚrī (Lakṣmī)/splendor

कृष्णेनwith Kṛṣṇa

इवas/like

संगताjoined/united (with)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Subhadrā

Śacī (Indrāṇī)

Mahendra (Indra)

Śrī (Lakṣmī)

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?

The verse praises auspicious speech and dignified union, presenting an ideal of companionship through divine comparisons (Śacī–Indra, Śrī–Kṛṣṇa), implying that harmony and virtue are marks of a blessed relationship.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator describes Subhadrā—Kṛṣṇa’s younger sister—as auspicious and well-spoken, and states that she became united with him (in close association/relationship), emphasizing the auspiciousness of this connection by likening it to celebrated divine pairings.