Mahabharata 16.1.29 — Mausala Parva, Adhyaya 1, Shloka 29

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

जनार्दनस्य रामस्य बश्रोश्नैव महात्मन: । अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषु वृष्ण्यन्धककुलेष्विह

Transliteration

janārdanasya rāmasya bāhū roṣṇā iva mahātmanaḥ | adyaprabhṛti sarveṣu vṛṣṇyandhakakuleṣv iha ||

Translation

વૈશંપાયન બોલ્યા—હે રાજન! આજથી અહીં સર્વ વૃષ્ણિ અને અંધક કુલોમાં મહાત્મા જનાર્દન અને બલરામના ભુજાઓ જાણે ક્રોધથી તપ્ત થયેલા હોય તેમ થશે.

Word by Word

• जनार्दनस्य: of Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्दनस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रामस्य: of Rāma (Balarāma)
• रामस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वश्रोष्णा: by (their) control/command (reading uncertain)
• वश्रोष्णा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वश्रोष्ण
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• वृष्णि-अन्धक-कुलेषु: in the clans of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas
• वृष्णि-अन्धक-कुलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Rāma (Balarāma)
• Vṛṣṇi clan
• Andhaka clan

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked anger and internal discord, once set in motion, can consume even the most illustrious lineages; moral restraint and vigilance within one’s own community are essential to uphold dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals a turning point: from this day, Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) and Balarāma are portrayed as wrathful and ready to act, foreshadowing the catastrophic unraveling of the Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka clans in the Mausala Parva.