Shloka 26

कालियदमना: यमुनाशुद्धिः, करुणा-निग्रहः, स्तुति-तत्त्वम्

Devanagari script

सर्वा यशोदया सार्धं विशामो ऽत्र महाह्रदे नागराजस्य नो गन्तुम् अस्माकं युज्यते व्रजे

Transliteration

sarvā yaśodayā sārdhaṃ viśāmo 'tra mahāhrade nāgarājasya no gantum asmākaṃ yujyate vraje

Translation

All of us, together with Yaśodā, shall enter this great lake here. It is not fitting for us to return to Vraja without the lord of the serpents.

Word by Word

• sarvāḥ: all (of us, feminine group)
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yaśodayā: with Yaśodā / along with Yaśodā
• yaśodayā: Sahakāraka (Associate/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaśodā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• sārdham: together (with)
• sārdham: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb meaning 'together/with')

• viśāmaḥ: we enter / we go in
• viśāmaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viś (विश्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: 'here')

• mahāhrade: in the great lake
• mahāhrade: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-hrada (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ह्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāgarājasya: of the serpent-king
• nāgarājasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga-rāja (प्रातिपदिक; नाग + राजा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• naḥ: of us / for us
• naḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनार्थ (plural sense)

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम्) (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive); गन्तुम् = 'to go'

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yujyate: is proper / is fitting
• yujyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yuj (युज्) (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (impersonal/passive sense: 'is proper')

• vraje: in Vraja
• vraje: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vraja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Gopas/cowherd folk of Vraja (as narrated by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To protect Vraja and re-establish dharma by subduing the poisonous serpent-king threatening the cowherd community.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of Vraja’s beings and purification of the waters, restoring safety and order.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: True belonging and right action are measured by fidelity to Bhagavān; life without Him is experienced as unfit and incomplete.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Let devotion shape priorities: do not normalize life’s ‘return to routine’ when the heart’s center (the Lord) is missing.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān is the indispensable inner support of the community; separation from Him is existential loss, not mere emotion.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Characters & Entities

• Yashoda
• Vraja
• Nagaraja (serpent-king)

FAQs

What is the significance of the serpent-king (Nāgarāja) in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It marks a crisis in the Vraja episode where the community’s duty and resolve center on not returning without the Nāgarāja, highlighting moral propriety and communal responsibility in the narrative.

How does Sage Parāśara explain dharma-like propriety in this context?

Through the reported speech of the Vraja folk, Parāśara shows that what is “yujyate” (proper) governs action—returning home is deemed improper until the endangered one is accounted for.

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

Even within pastoral storytelling, the Vishnu Purana frames crises as stages for the Supreme Lord’s protective sovereignty—events in Vraja implicitly point to Vishnu’s sustaining order manifest through Krishna-lila.