Shloka 16
अर्हणनिर्णयः
Decision on the Highest Honor at the Assembly
इति नारायण: शम्भुर्भगवान् भूतभावन: । आदित्यविबुधान् सर्वानजायत यदुक्षये,“कल्याणस्वरूप भूतभावन भगवान् नारायणने सब देवताओंको यह आज्ञा देनेके पश्चात् स्वयं भी यदुकुलमें अवतार लिया
iti nārāyaṇaḥ śambhur bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ | ādityavibudhān sarvān ajāyata yadukṣaye |
“इस प्रकार कल्याणस्वरूप, भूतभावन भगवान् नारायण (शम्भु) ने समस्त देवताओं को आज्ञा देकर स्वयं भी यदुकुल में अवतार लिया।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that safeguarding dharma involves both divine governance (commanding the gods) and divine participation (incarnation). The Lord does not remain distant from moral crises; he enters history to restore balance.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that after directing the gods, the Lord Nārāyaṇa himself takes birth in the Yadu dynasty—foreshadowing the divine presence within the human sphere that will shape ensuing events.