Shloka 893

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्भाव: कंसहेतोर्मथुरायां भविष्यति । फिर द्वापप और कलिकी संधिका समय बीतते-बीतते कंसका वध करनेके लिये मथुरामें मेरा अवतार होगा

Transliteration

prādurbhāvaḥ kaṃsa-hetoḥ mathurāyāṃ bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Bhishma said: “My manifestation will occur in Mathurā for the sake of dealing with Kaṃsa—so that, as the ages turn, I may appear there to bring about Kaṃsa’s destruction.”

Word by Word

• प्रादुर्भावः: manifestation/appearance
• प्रादुर्भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रादुर्भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कंसहेतोः: for the sake of (slaying) Kamsa / for Kamsa as the cause
• कंसहेतोः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंसहेतु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मथुरायाम्: in Mathura
• मथुरायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kaṃsa
• Mathurā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents incarnation (prādurbhāva) as a dharmic response to adharma: when a ruler like Kaṃsa becomes a cause of suffering, a divine manifestation arises to remove that oppression and re-establish moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, while instructing in Śānti Parva, refers to a future manifestation in Mathurā connected with Kaṃsa, indicating an appearance whose purpose is Kaṃsa’s downfall.