Shloka 11

द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः

Devanagari script

एकदा रैवतोद्याने पपौ पानं हलायुधः रेवती च महाभागा तथैवान्या वरस्त्रियः

Transliteration

ekadā raivatodyāne papau pānaṃ halāyudhaḥ revatī ca mahābhāgā tathaivānyā varastriyaḥ

Translation

Once, in Raivata’s pleasure-garden, Halāyudha (Balarāma) drank a festive liquor; the greatly fortunate Revati did so as well, along with other excellent women.

Word by Word

• एकदा: once, at one time
• एकदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकदा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of time

• रैवत-उद्याने: in Raivata’s garden
• रैवत-उद्याने: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवत (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रैवतस्य उद्याने)

• पपौ: drank
• पपौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — 3rd person singular perfect

• पानम्: drink, liquor
• पानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• हलायुधः: Balarāma (he whose weapon is the plough)
• हलायुधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हल (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्य आयुधं हलः)

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक निपात) — conjunction

• महाभागा: very fortunate, illustrious
• महाभागा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्याः)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘thus’

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारणार्थक निपात) — emphatic particle

• अन्याः: other (women)
• अन्याः: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• वर-स्त्रियः: excellent women
• वर-स्त्रियः: Karta (Co-subject/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; कर्मधारयः (वराः स्त्रियः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Dynasty & Genealogy

Vamsha: Chandra

Key Kings: Balarāma, Revatī, Raivata

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Sakhya

Characters & Entities

• Balarama (Halayudha)
• Revati
• Raivata
• Other noble women

FAQs

What is the significance of the Raivata garden episode in the Vishnu Purana?

It situates Balarāma and Revati within the dynastic narrative, showing how royal-life scenes (pleasure, celebration) still unfold inside a larger dharmic history governed by divine order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the flow of events in the dynasty sections?

Parāśara presents concise scene-setting verses—like this one—to move the genealogy forward while highlighting key persons and moments that link families, marriages, and succession.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when the verse describes ordinary courtly life, the Purāṇic frame treats history as ultimately directed by Viṣṇu’s sovereignty—worldly acts occur within a divinely ordered narrative of dharma and time.