Shloka 18

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

दुर्वृत्ता निहता दैत्या भुवो भारो ऽवतारितः त्वया सनाथास् त्रिदशा भवन्तु त्रिदिवे सदा

Transliteration

durvṛttā nihatā daityā bhuvo bhāro 'vatāritaḥ tvayā sanāthās tridaśā bhavantu tridive sadā

Translation

The wicked Daityas have been slain and the Earth’s burden has been lifted; by Your protection, may the gods ever remain secure in Tridiva, the heavenly realm.

Word by Word

• दुर्वृत्ताः: wicked
• दुर्वृत्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier of ‘daityāḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; कर्मधारय (‘evil-conducted’)

• निहताः: slain
• निहताः: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-√हन् (धातु; ‘हिंसागत्योः’ to slay)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दैत्याḥ: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भुवः: of the earth
• भुवः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘earth/world’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• भारः: burden
• भारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवतारितः: removed, lightened
• अवतारितः: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-√तॄ (धातु; ‘अवतरणे’) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव — ‘has been brought down/removed’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental, Singular

• सनाथाः: protected, with a lord
• सनाथाः: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective to ‘tridaśāḥ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; कर्मधारय (‘having a protector’)

• त्रिदशाः: the gods
• त्रिदशाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवन्तु: may (they) be
• भवन्तु: Kriya (Blessing/आशीः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; ‘सत्तायाम्’ to be)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperative, 3rd person, Plural

• त्रिदिवे: in heaven
• त्रिदिवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: The envoy affirms that the wicked Daityas have been slain and the earth’s burden removed by the Lord’s action.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of the devas and re-establishment of righteous order on earth and in heaven.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: When adharma is destroyed, the world becomes ‘sanātha’—secure under divine guardianship—revealing dharma as protective order.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Support dharma by resisting exploitation and cruelty; pair activism with prayerful dependence on the divine protector.

Vishishtadvaita: The devas’ security is relational—grounded in the Lord’s protective sovereignty over real cosmic communities.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Lakshmi Presence: Bhumi