Shloka 56
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
दृष्टवेमं वृष्णिप्रवरं स्मृतिमामियमागता । आदिदेवमयं जिष्णुं पुरुषं पीतवाससम्,इन आदिदेवस्वरूप, विजयशील, पीताम्बरधारी पुरुष वृष्णिकुल-भूषण श्रीकृष्णको देखकर मुझे इस पुरातन घटनाकी स्मृति हो आयी है
dṛṣṭvemam vṛṣṇipravaraṃ smṛtimām iyam āgatā | ādidevamayaṃ jiṣṇuṃ puruṣaṃ pītavāsasam ||
マールカンデーヤは言った。「このヴリシュニ族の最勝者—無敵のプルシャ、黄衣をまとい、その姿そのものが原初の神である者—を見たとき、わたしには古き出来事の記憶がよみがえった。」
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the sight of a truly divine and virtuous figure awakens sacred memory: recognition of Kṛṣṇa as the primordial divine Person prompts recollection of an ancient moral-spiritual episode, suggesting that remembrance (smṛti) is stirred by contact with dharmic and divine presence.
Mārkaṇḍeya, upon seeing Kṛṣṇa—praised as the foremost Vṛṣṇi, victorious, and clad in yellow—states that this vision has triggered his memory of an old घटना (ancient event), preparing the listener for a retrospective tale or teaching connected with Kṛṣṇa’s divine nature.