Shloka 31

Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas

Devanagari script

एवं चेत्तर्हि भोजेन्द्र पुरग्रामव्रजादिषु । अनिर्दशान् निर्दशांश्च हनिष्यामोऽद्य वै शिशून् ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

evaṁ cet tarhi bhojendra pura-grāma-vrajādiṣu anirdaśān nirdaśāṁś ca haniṣyāmo ’dya vai śiśūn

Translation

If this is so, O King of the Bhoja dynasty, beginning today we shall kill all the children born in all the villages, towns and pasturing grounds within the past ten days or slightly more.

Synonyms

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-निपात (conditional particle)

• तर्हि: then
• तर्हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तर्हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निगमन-निपात (consequential particle)

• भोजेन्द्र: O lord of the Bhojas
• भोजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्; समासः: भोजानाम् इन्द्रः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पुरग्रामव्रजादिषु: in cities, villages, cowherd-settlements, etc.
• पुरग्रामव्रजादिषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर-ग्राम-व्रज-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः: पुरं च ग्रामः च व्रजः च (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व) + आदि (समाहार/तत्पुरुष-भाव)

• अनिर्दशान्: not yet ten days old
• अनिर्दशान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-निर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; शिशून् इति विशेषणम्; अ- (नञ्) + निर्दश (‘ten days old’)

• निर्दशान्: ten days old
• निर्दशान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; शिशून् इति विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• हनिष्यामः: we shall kill
• हनिष्यामः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• शिशून्: infants
• शिशून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Characters & Entities

• Kaṁsa

FAQs

Why did Kaṁsa order the killing of infants in Vraja and other places?

Because Kaṁsa feared the prophecy that Devakī’s child would kill him, his advisers urged a widespread massacre of infants to eliminate the potential threat.

Who is called “Bhojendra” in Srimad Bhagavatam 10.4.31?

“Bhojendra” refers to Kaṁsa, addressed as the chief ruler among the Bhoja dynasty.

What is the practical lesson of this verse for modern life?

Fear and insecurity can drive people toward extreme injustice; the Bhagavatam warns that abandoning dharma for self-preservation leads to greater sin and downfall.