Shloka 46

कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः

Devanagari script

वल्गता मुष्टिकेनैतच् चाणूरेण तथा सखि क्रियते बलभद्रस्य हास्यम् एतद् विलोक्यताम्

Transliteration

valgatā muṣṭikenaitac cāṇūreṇa tathā sakhi kriyate balabhadrasya hāsyam etad vilokyatām

Translation

Friend, look: as Muṣṭika prances about, and Cāṇūra too, they are only making Balabhadra laugh—behold it well.

Word by Word

• वल्गता: by (one) leaping about
• वल्गता: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वल्ग् (धातु; शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ) ‘leaping/strutting’

• मुष्टिकेन: by Muṣṭika
• मुष्टिकेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular (pronoun)

• चाणूरेण: by Cāṇūra
• चाणूरेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाणूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सखि: O friend
• सखि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• क्रियते: is made; is done
• क्रियते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present 3rd sg.; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग ‘is done/is made’

• बलभद्रस्य: of Balabhadra
• बलभद्रस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• हास्यम्: laughter; ridicule
• हास्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular (pronoun)

• विलोक्यताम्: let it be seen; behold
• विलोक्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative 3rd sg. ‘let it be seen’

Speaker

A spectator in the Mathura arena (addressing another onlooker); narrated within Sage Parāśara’s account to Maitreya

Vaishnava Theology

Bhakti Type: Hasya

Characters & Entities

• Balabhadra (Balarama)
• Muṣṭika
• Cāṇūra

FAQs

What is the significance of Balabhadra’s laughter in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It signals effortless superiority—what appears as fearsome martial display is, to Balabhadra, merely a spectacle, foreshadowing the wrestlers’ inevitable defeat.

How does the narrative style convey divine sovereignty in the Mathura arena scene?

By placing the reaction in ordinary spectators’ speech, the text contrasts human expectation with the calm, playful confidence of the Lord’s party, making divine control felt within a public event.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu’s lila in this context?

The episode frames violence and power under dharma as lila—Vishnu’s order prevails without strain, and even opponents’ bravado becomes part of the divine unfolding.