Shloka 14
Chapter 6: Dāruka’s Report; Arjuna Witnesses Dvārakā’s Desolation (दारुकवृत्तान्तः—अर्जुनस्य द्वारकादर्शनम्)
गोविन्दमनघं देवमभिजानीध्वमच्युतम् । प्रत्यपश्यच्च स विभुज्ञातिक्षयमधोक्षज:,तुम, देवर्षि नारद तथा अन्य महर्षि भी श्रीकृष्णको पापके सम्पर्कसे रहित, सनातन, अच्युत परमेश्वररूपसे जानते हैं। वे ही सर्वव्यापी अधोक्षज अपने कुटुम्बीजनोंके इस विनाशको चुपचाप देखते रहे
govindam anaghaṁ devam abhijānīdhvam acyutam | pratyapaśyac ca sa vibhuḥ jñātikṣayam adhokṣajaḥ ||
Vasudeva said: “Recognize Govinda—the sinless, divine, unfailing Lord, Acyuta. That all-pervading Adhokṣaja, though fully aware, silently witnessed the destruction of his own kinsmen.”
वसुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Kṛṣṇa as sinless and infallible, yet allowing the destined collapse of His own clan. Ethically, it highlights the tension between divine sovereignty and the unfolding of karma: even the Lord may permit painful outcomes when they are the ripening of collective deeds and the closure of a cosmic purpose.
Vasudeva addresses others, urging them to recognize Kṛṣṇa’s true divine identity (Govinda/Acyuta/Adhokṣaja). In the Mausala narrative, the Yādavas are being destroyed; Kṛṣṇa, fully aware and all-pervading, does not intervene and instead witnesses the kinsmen’s annihilation as an inevitable culmination.