Shloka 10
यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)
इत्य् उक्तास् तैः कुमारास् ते आचचक्षुर् यथातथम् उग्रसेनाय मुसलं जज्ञे साम्बस्य चोदरात्
ity uktās taiḥ kumārās te ācacakṣur yathātatham ugrasenāya musalaṃ jajñe sāmbasya codarāt
Thus addressed, the youths reported to Ugrasena exactly as it had occurred: from Sāmba’s belly an iron pestle had come forth.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of Krishna’s latter līlā and the unfolding of the Yādavas’ destined end
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Krishna allows the Yādava clan’s self-destruction to unfold so that His earthly līlā may conclude and the cosmic balance may be reset.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Restoration of cosmic order by withdrawing an over-mighty clan and closing the avatāra’s manifest play
Concept: Even great dynasties are subject to niyati/vidhi, and arrogance ripens into downfall when dharma’s restraint is lost.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Treat power and success as temporary; cultivate humility and self-restraint to prevent collective ruin.
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s governance operates through lawful ordination while remaining the supreme inner ruler who permits karmic fruits to manifest.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
In this verse it is presented as a concrete omen reported to Ugrasena, signaling an inevitable, divinely-governed chain of events that culminates in the destruction of the Yadava clan.
Parāśara frames it through precise narration—“as it happened”—emphasizing that events arise in an ordered sequence where human actions and cosmic law together mature into unavoidable outcomes.
Even when not named in the verse, the Krishna narrative in Ansha 5 implies Vishnu’s supreme governance: the Lord’s līlā sustains dharma by allowing karmic consequences to ripen, even for His own clan.