Shloka 13
अध्याय ४ — द्वारकानिमित्तानि, प्रभासगमनम्, मौसलप्रारम्भः
Omens in Dvārakā, Journey to Prabhāsa, and the Musala Outbreak
अथापश्यद् योगयुक्तस्य तस्य नागं मुखान्निश्चरन्तं महान्तम् | श्वेतं ययौ स ततः: प्रेक्ष्यमाणो महार्णवो येन महानुभाव:,बलरामजी योगयुक्त हो समाधि लगाये बैठे थे। श्रीकृष्णने उनके मुखसे एक श्वेत वर्णके विशालकाय सर्पको निकलते देखा। उनसे देखा जाता हुआ वह महानुभाव नाग जिस ओर महासागर था उसी मार्गपर चल दिया
athāpaśyad yogayuktasya tasya nāgaṃ mukhān niścarantaṃ mahāntam | śvetaṃ yayau sa tataḥ prekṣyamāṇo mahārṇavo yena mahānubhāvaḥ ||
Waiśaṃpāyana berkata: Lalu ia melihat dari mulut sang mahātmā yang tenggelam dalam yoga, seekor nāga raksasa keluar. Berwarna putih, nāga agung itu—disaksikan semua mata—melangkah pergi melalui jalan yang menuju ke samudra raya.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights yogic mastery at the end of life: a perfected being departs consciously and calmly, suggesting that disciplined inner absorption (yoga) culminates in a dignified, non-deluded transition and a return to one’s cosmic origin.
Balarāma, seated in yogic absorption, is seen to release a great white serpent from his mouth; that serpent-being proceeds toward the great ocean. The episode signals Balarāma’s divine-yogic exit from the world, witnessed by others (notably Kṛṣṇa in the received narration).