Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

जरासंधादयो ये ऽन्ये निहता भारहेतवः क्षितेस् तेभ्यः कुमारो ऽपि यदूनां नापचीयते

Transliteration

jarāsaṃdhādayo ye 'nye nihatā bhārahetavaḥ kṣites tebhyaḥ kumāro 'pi yadūnāṃ nāpacīyate

Translation

Jarāsandha et les autres rois—devenus la cause du fardeau oppressant de la Terre—furent abattus; pourtant le jeune rejeton parmi les Yādavas ne diminua pas, car la volonté souveraine du Seigneur de rétablir le dharma agissait encore en lui.

Word by Word

जरासंधादयःJarasandha and others

येwho

अन्येother

निहताःslain

भारहेतवःcauses of the burden (on earth)

क्षितेःof the earth

तेभ्यःfrom them/than them

कुमारःthe prince, the young one

अपिalso, even

यदूनाम्of the Yadus

नnot

अपचीयतेdeclines, diminishes

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Jarāsandha

Yadus

Earth (Kṣiti/Bhūmi)

Kings

FAQs

What is the significance of the 'Earth’s burden' (bhāra) in the Vishnu Purana?

Here it denotes oppressive, adharma-driven rulers whose power destabilizes cosmic and social order; their removal is presented as a divinely guided restoration of balance.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the continued prominence of the Yādava youth in this passage?

Parāśara frames it as non-decline despite the fall of major enemies, implying an ongoing divine mandate—history continues to unfold under a higher ordering principle.

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

Even when not named explicitly, the narrative logic is Vishnu-centered: the defeat of burden-bearing kings and the endurance of the Yādava hero reflect the Lord’s sovereign maintenance of dharma.