Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

भगवान् अप्य् अथोत्पातान् दिव्यभौमान्तरिक्षगान् ददर्श द्वारकापुर्यां विनाशाय दिवानिशम्

Transliteration

bhagavān apy athotpātān divyabhaumāntarikṣagān dadarśa dvārakāpuryāṃ vināśāya divāniśam

Translation

Then the Blessed Lord Himself beheld, in the city of Dvārakā, ominous portents—celestial, terrestrial, and those moving through the mid-space—appearing day and night, foretelling destruction.

Word by Word

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता) एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/समुच्चय-निपात): ‘also/even’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle/अनन्तरार्थ): ‘then/now’

• उत्पातान्: portents
• उत्पातान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) बहुवचन

• दिव्य-भौम-अन्तरिक्ष-गान्: divine, occurring on earth and in the sky
• दिव्य-भौम-अन्तरिक्ष-गान्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + भौम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक; √गम् से ‘going’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषण ‘उत्पातान्’ इत्यस्य; द्वन्द्व (भौम + अन्तरिक्ष) ततः कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘earthly and aerial’

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्वारका-पुर्याम्: in Dvārakā city
• द्वारका-पुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण) एकवचन; ‘in the city of Dvārakā’

• विनाशाय: for destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे ‘for destruction’

• दिवा-निशम्: day and night
• दिवा-निशम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + निशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय: ‘day and night’ (continuously)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: revealing

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: He prepares for the closing of his manifest līlā by observing portents that signal impending destruction of Dvārakā and the Yādava line.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Transition of cosmic order through the Lord’s withdrawal; closure of avatāra-līlā without disorder

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Even the Lord’s own splendid city shows signs of dissolution, teaching impermanence of manifest forms within time.

Vedantic Theme: Maya

Application: Practice non-attachment: cherish sacred life and duty, yet remember that all worldly formations—even grand ones—are time-bound.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord remains ‘Bhagavān’ while allowing his manifest domain to pass—transcendent sovereignty alongside immanent participation in temporal order.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Vamsha: Chandra

Key Kings: Yādavas (collective)

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the significance of utpāta (portents) in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, utpātas function as time-signs (kāla-lakṣaṇa), indicating that the ordained dissolution of Dvārakā is imminent and that cosmic order is moving into a new phase.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the unfolding of destiny around Dvārakā?

By framing the events as divya, bhauma, and antarikṣa omens seen continuously, Parāśara presents the destruction as a foreknown, multi-layered cosmic transition rather than a random calamity.

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

Kṛṣṇa is depicted as Bhagavān—the supreme, fully aware ruler of time—who witnesses the approaching end of His manifest līlā, underscoring divine sovereignty even amid apparent worldly collapse.