Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

निवारयाम् आस हरिर् यादवांस् ते च केशवम् सहायं मेनिरे प्राप्तं ते निजघ्नुः परस्परम्

Transliteration

nivārayām āsa harir yādavāṃs te ca keśavam sahāyaṃ menire prāptaṃ te nijaghnuḥ parasparam

Translation

Hari sought to restrain those Yādavas; yet they, imagining Keśava himself to have come as their ally, continued to strike one another down.

Word by Word

• निवारयाम्: he tried to restrain/stop
• निवारयाम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वारय् (धातु; √वृ/वार् caus.)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect) / परिप्रयोगः ‘-आम्’ (3rd sg. perf. parasmaipada in epic usage); एकवचन; causative sense (to restrain)

• आस: was (did)
• आस: Kriya (Auxiliary/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; सहायक-क्रिया (auxiliary)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu/Krishna)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यादवान्: the Yādavas
• यादवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• केशवम्: Keśava (Krishna)
• केशवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सहायम्: as an ally/helper
• सहायम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मपूरक (object complement)

• मेनिरे: they considered/thought
• मेनिरे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• प्राप्तम्: arrived, obtained (as having come)
• प्राप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (to केशवम्)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• निजघ्नुः: they struck down
• निजघ्नुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• परस्परम्: each other
• परस्परम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्पर-क्रियाविशेषण (reciprocal adverb)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Why Keśava did not prevent the Yādava destruction

Teaching: Devotional

Quality: revealing

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa (Hari/Keśava) attempts restraint yet permits the destined end, demonstrating the completion of his avatāra-līlā and the inexorability of a curse once ripened.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Closure of the Yādava era so dharma’s balance in the world can reset for the coming Kali decline

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Misreading Bhagavān’s presence as endorsement of factional violence is delusion; divine proximity does not sanctify adharma.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Do not weaponize religion or divine names to justify harm; test actions against dharma—non-cruelty, truth, restraint.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān is near and compassionate, yet allows karmic law to operate; his immanence guides, but does not become a license for adharma.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Vamsha: Chandra

Key Kings: Hari (Keśava), Yādavas

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Krishna/Vishnu)
• Keshava (Krishna)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Yadavas killing one another in the Vishnu Purana?

It marks the ordained culmination of the Yadu clan’s earthly course, showing how collective destiny and karmic ripening can end even a mighty dynasty under the governance of divine will.

How does Sage Parāśara explain Krishna’s role when the Yadavas fight among themselves?

Parāśara presents Krishna (Hari/Keśava) as attempting restraint, yet the outcome still unfolds—implying that the Lord’s līlā includes both protection and the lawful completion of time-bound destinies.

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

Krishna is shown as the Supreme Reality who remains sovereign even when events appear chaotic—human conflict becomes an instrument through which cosmic order and the transition of ages are fulfilled.