Shloka 22

प्रद्युम्न-अपहरणम्, मत्स्य-उद्धारः, मायावती-शिक्षा, शम्बरवधः, रुक्मिणी-पुत्र-संगमः

Devanagari script

अस्मिन् वयसि पुत्रो मे प्रद्युम्नो यदि जीवति सभाग्या जननी वत्स त्वया कापि विभूषिता

Transliteration

asmin vayasi putro me pradyumno yadi jīvati sabhāgyā jananī vatsa tvayā kāpi vibhūṣitā

Translation

“If at this very age my son Pradyumna still lives, then, dear child, his mother is truly most fortunate—by some extraordinary grace of yours she has been adorned and blessed.”

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वयसि: at (this) age
• वयसि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• प्रद्युम्नः: Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• जीवति: lives
• जीवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सभाग्या: fortunate
• सभाग्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपसर्गसदृश ‘स-’ (with)

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कापि: some (woman)
• कापि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: का + अपि (सर्वनाम + अव्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite: some)

• विभूषिता: adorned
• विभूषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि√भूष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘कापि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

A character speaking within the Pradyumna episode (Yadava narrative voice; exact attribution not explicit from the single verse alone)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa’s presence sustains and protects his devotees, making their lives ‘adorned’ by divine favor.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of the righteous household and continuity of the Yādava line.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Divine grace ‘adorns’ devotees: fortune is reinterpreted as the Lord’s anugraha rather than mere worldly luck.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: When unexpected relief arrives, consciously frame it as grace and respond with gratitude and ethical steadiness.

Vishishtadvaita: Grace operates within embodied, relational life—consistent with Viśiṣṭādvaita’s affirmation of the world as real and meaningful as the Lord’s mode (prakāra).

Dynasty & Genealogy

Vamsha: Chandra

Dharma Exemplar: Putra-sneha (protective parental love aligned with dharma)

Key Kings: Kṛṣṇa, Pradyumna

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Pradyumna
• Mother of Pradyumna

FAQs

What is the significance of Pradyumna being alive “at this age” in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals the preservation of the Yadava line and implies an extraordinary protection or destiny operating around Pradyumna’s life.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame fortune (bhagya) in family and lineage episodes?

Fortune is portrayed as visible through outcomes—survival, reunion, and continuity—often implying unseen grace aligned with dharma and divine order.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when not named in the verse, Book 5’s Yadava narratives operate under Vishnu’s sovereign protection, presenting lineage events as expressions of the Supreme’s sustaining will.