Shloka 9

तालवन-उद्धारः: धेनुकासुरवधः, फल-समृद्धिः, गो-क्षेमः

Devanagari script

गृहीत्वा भ्रामणेनैव सो ऽम्बरे गतजीवितम् तस्मिन्न् एव स चिक्षेप वेगेन तृणराजनि

Transliteration

gṛhītvā bhrāmaṇenaiva so 'mbare gatajīvitam tasminn eva sa cikṣepa vegena tṛṇarājani

Translation

Seizing him and whirling him round and round, he rendered him lifeless in mid-air; and with a sudden rush of force, he hurled that very body down upon the king of the Tr̥ṇas.

Word by Word

• गृहीत्वा: having seized
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत्वा (क्त्वान्त/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• भ्रामणेन: by whirling
• भ्रामणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रामण (प्रातिपदिक; भ्रम् धातोः भाव/करण-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अम्बरे: in the sky
• अम्बरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• गतजीवितम्: lifeless
• गतजीवितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; गम् धातोः क्त) + जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गतं जीवितं यस्य/यस्य जीवितं गतं) विशेषणम् (अर्थतः दैत्यगर्दभम्)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: just
• एव: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वेगेन: with force
• वेगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• तृणराजनि: on the lord of grasses (a grassy spot/heap)
• तृणराजनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तृणानां राजा)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: The manner in which Balabhadra slew Dhenuka and turned the tide against the asuras.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa descends to destroy asuras who disturb the devotees and thereby re-establish peace in Vraja.

Leela: Yuddha

Dharma Restored: Removal of violent obstruction to the cowherds’ rightful enjoyment of the forest’s fruits and safety.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Sakhya

Characters & Entities

• King of the Tr̥ṇas (Tṛṇarāja)
• An unnamed warrior/assailant (saḥ)

FAQs

What is the significance of battlefield episodes within the dynastic sections of the Vishnu Purana?

They dramatize how royal power is contingent and dharma-governed, giving moral texture to otherwise genealogical lists by showing decisive turns of fate in kingship.

How does Sage Parāśara present royal authority and its limits in this verse?

By depicting a king being struck through overwhelming force and strategy, Parāśara underscores that sovereignty is not absolute—worldly might can be overturned within the larger order upheld by dharma.

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

Even when Vishnu is not named in a battle-verse, the Purāṇic frame assumes that all political power and its reversals unfold under the Supreme Lord’s cosmic governance, where dharma ultimately prevails.