Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

ततो हर्षसमाविष्टा रुक्मिणी केशवस् तथा नगरी च समस्ता सा साधु साध्व् इत्य् अभाषत

Transliteration

tato harṣasamāviṣṭā rukmiṇī keśavas tathā nagarī ca samastā sā sādhu sādhv ity abhāṣata

Translation

Then Rukmiṇī, overcome with joy—and Keśava as well—while the whole city looked on, voiced acclaim again and again, crying, “Well done! Well done!”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• harṣa-samāviṣṭā: overcome with joy
• harṣa-samāviṣṭā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-ā-viś (धातु) → samāviṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), 'samāviṣṭā' = 'entered/possessed'; समासः षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-भावः 'harṣeṇa samāviṣṭā' (possessed with joy)

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

• keśavaḥ: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• keśavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tathā: also, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb): 'also/likewise'

• nagarī: the city
• nagarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

• samastā: entire, whole
• samastā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• sā: she/that (woman/city)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sādhu: well! good!
• sādhu: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Exclamation/सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (interjection/particle of approval): 'well done'

• sādhu: well indeed!
• sādhu: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Exclamation/सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle): 'thus'

• abhāṣata: spoke, said
• abhāṣata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhāṣ (धातु: √bhāṣ)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'spoke/said'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To lighten the earth’s burden by destroying adharma and to establish dharma through divine līlā among the Yādavas.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Social and familial order through righteous reunion and public affirmation of dharmic outcomes.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Rukmini
• Keshava (Krishna)
• The city (nagarī) / citizens

FAQs

What is the significance of the cry “sādhu sādhu” in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse it marks collective approval and devotion—an outward, communal recognition of Krishna’s righteous, auspicious action and divine authority.

How does Sage Parāśara frame Krishna’s sovereignty in this scene?

By showing that not only Rukmiṇī but the entire city responds with joy and praise, Parāśara presents Krishna’s presence as naturally commanding reverence and restoring auspicious order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (as Krishna/Keśava) here?

Krishna is depicted as the supreme, auspicious Lord whose actions spontaneously awaken joy and devotion—supporting Vaishnava theology where the divine is recognized through both personal love (Rukmiṇī) and public assent (the city).