Shloka 19
Chapter 6: Dāruka’s Report; Arjuna Witnesses Dvārakā’s Desolation (दारुकवृत्तान्तः—अर्जुनस्य द्वारकादर्शनम्)
सम्प्राप्तोडद्यायमस्यान्त: कुलस्य पुरुषर्षभ । आगमिष्यति बीभत्सुरिमां द्वारवतीं पुरीम्
samprāpto 'dya ayam asyāntaḥ kulasya puruṣarṣabha | āgamiṣyati bībhatsur imāṃ dvāravatīṃ purīm ||
Vasudeva said: “O bull among men, today the end of this lineage has arrived. Bībhatsu (Arjuna) will soon come to this city of Dvāravatī.”
वसुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inevitability of decline even for great dynasties: when the destined end arrives, events unfold swiftly. It frames the collapse of the Yādava line as a moral and cosmic turning-point, reminding the listener that worldly power and prosperity are impermanent and subject to time.
Vasudeva speaks with foreboding, declaring that the end of the family has come that very day, and he anticipates Arjuna’s imminent arrival at Dvāravatī—setting the stage for Arjuna to witness and respond to the catastrophe that has overtaken the Yādavas.