Shloka 25

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच (देवांशा देवदेवेन सम्मतास्ते गता: सह । धर्मव्यवस्थारक्षार्थ देवेन समुपेक्षिता: ।।) व्यासजी बोले--कुन्तीकुमार! वे समस्त यदुवंशी देवताओंके अंश थे। वे देवाधिदेव श्रीकृष्णके साथ ही यहाँ आये थे और साथ ही चले गये। उनके रहनेसे धर्मकी मर्यादाके भंग होनेका डर था; अतः भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने धर्म-व्यवस्थाकी रक्षाके लिये उन मरते हुए यादवोंकी उपेक्षा कर दी ।। ब्रह्मशापविनिर्दग्धा वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथा:,कुरुश्रेष्ठ! वृष्णि और अन्धकवंशके महारथी ब्राह्मणोंके शापसे दग्ध होकर नष्ट हुए हैं; अतः तुम उनके लिये शोक न करो। उन महामनस्वी वीरोंकी भवितव्यता ही ऐसी थी। उनका प्रारब्ध ही वैसा बन गया था

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca | devāṃśā devadevena sammatās te gatāḥ saha | dharmavyavasthārakṣārthaṃ devena samupeksitāḥ ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「クンティの子よ、あのヤーダヴァたちは皆、神々の分有であった。神々の神の認可のもと、彼とともにこの世に来て、彼とともに去ったのだ。彼らがなお留まればダルマの境界が破られるおそれがあったゆえ、主は定められた秩序を守るため、彼らが滅びゆくのをあえて顧みなかった。」

Word by Word

व्यासःVyasa

उवाचsaid

देव-अंशाःparts/portions of the gods

देव-देवेनby/with the god of gods

सम्मताःapproved/accepted

तेthey

गताःgone

सहtogether/with

धर्म-व्यवस्था-रक्षा-अर्थम्for the purpose of protecting the order/arrangement of dharma

देवेनby the god (the Lord)

सम्-उपेक्षिताःwere disregarded/left unattended

ब्रह्म-शाप-विनिर्दग्धाःburnt up by a brahminical curse

वृष्णि-अन्धक-महा-रथाःthe great chariot-warriors among the Vrishnis and Andhakas

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Kuntīkumāra (son of Kuntī; addressed as Arjuna in context)

Yādavas

Devadeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Devas (gods)

Dharma (as cosmic-moral order)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even divinely empowered communities can be withdrawn when their continued power threatens the balance of dharma; the Lord’s non-intervention can serve the protection of the moral-cosmic order rather than personal attachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa consoles the son of Kuntī by explaining that the Yādavas were divine portions who arrived with Kṛṣṇa and departed with him; because their presence could disrupt dharma’s boundaries, Kṛṣṇa did not prevent their destruction, allowing the destined end to occur.