Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

चिरनष्टेन पुत्रेण संगतां प्रेक्ष्य रुक्मिणीम् अवाप विस्मयं सर्वो द्वारवत्यां जनस् तदा

Transliteration

ciranaṣṭena putreṇa saṃgatāṃ prekṣya rukmiṇīm avāpa vismayaṃ sarvo dvāravatyāṃ janas tadā

Translation

Then all the people of Dvāravatī were filled with wonder on seeing Rukmiṇī reunited with her son, who had been lost for so long.

Word by Word

• cira-naṣṭena: with the long-lost
• cira-naṣṭena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक) + naṣṭa (कृदन्त, √naś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; 'naṣṭa' = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः कर्मधारयः 'ciraṃ naṣṭaḥ' (long-lost)

• putreṇa: son
• putreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• saṃgatām: met, reunited (with)
• saṃgatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-gam (धातु) → saṃgata (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

• prekṣya: having seen
• prekṣya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-īkṣ (धातु) → prekṣya (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा): 'having seen'

• rukmiṇīm: Rukmiṇī
• rukmiṇīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• avāpa: attained, felt
• avāpa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (धातु: √āp)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• sarvaḥ: all, entire
• sarvaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• dvāravatyām: in Dvāravatī
• dvāravatyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvāravatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• janaḥ: the people
• janaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (समूहवाचक)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'then/at that time'

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To protect devotees and uphold dharma through compassionate interventions within his earthly līlā.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Restoration of familial integrity and public confidence in divine protection.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s protection may appear delayed, yet divine order culminates in auspicious restoration that awakens wonder and trust.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Maintain steadiness in devotion through loss and uncertainty, trusting that outcomes unfold within a larger providential order.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s saulabhya (accessible grace) operates within the world, sustaining embodied relations without negating transcendence.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Sri

Characters & Entities

• Rukmini
• Rukmiṇī’s son (Pradyumna)
• Dvaravati (Dvaraka)

FAQs

What is the significance of Rukmini meeting her long-lost son in the Vishnu Purana?

It marks the restoration of a disrupted family line within Krishna’s household and highlights how events that seem lost to time are gathered back into order under divine providence.

How does Sage Parāśara present the public response in Dvārakā?

Parāśara emphasizes collective astonishment—Dvārakā’s people witness the reunion as an extraordinary, near-miraculous event rather than a merely private family moment.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Krishna) in this context?

Even when not named in the verse, the episode belongs to Krishna’s divine governance: Vishnu’s sovereignty is shown through the re-establishment of rightful relationships and continuity within the Yādava narrative.