Shloka 25
Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)
वे जो नारायण नामसे प्रसिद्ध सनातन देवाधिदेव हैं उन्हींके अंश वसुदेवनन्दन श्रीकृष्ण थे, जो अवतारका कार्य पूरा करके पुन: अपने स्वरूपमें प्रविष्ट हो गये ।।
ṣoḍaśa strīsahasrāṇi vāsudevaparigrahaḥ | amajjantāḥ sarasvatyāṃ kālena janamejaya ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「ジャナメージャヤよ。ナーラーヤナの名で知られる永遠の神々の神、その御分身こそがヴァスデーヴァの子、聖なるクリシュナであった。化身の務めを果たし終えると、彼は再び自らの本来の姿へと帰入した。そののち時の巡りにより、かつてヴァスデーヴァ（聖クリシュナ）の妃であった一万六千の女たちは、サラスヴァティー河へ身を投げ、命を絶った。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the power of Kāla (time) and impermanence: once the divine mission is complete and the Lord withdraws, worldly bonds and supports dissolve, and human lives—overwhelmed by loss and circumstance—move toward an inevitable end. It frames the episode as part of cosmic closure rather than triumph or blame.
After Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s departure from the world, his sixteen thousand women (his household/consorts) later plunge into the Sarasvatī river and die. Vaiśampāyana narrates this to King Janamejaya as one of the final unravelings that follow the end of the Yādava era and the completion of Kṛṣṇa’s avatāra-work.