Shloka 45

कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः

Devanagari script

किं न पश्यसि कुन्देन्दुमृणालधवलाननम् बलभद्रम् इमं नीलपरिधानम् उपागतम्

Transliteration

kiṃ na paśyasi kundendumṛṇāladhavalānanam balabhadram imaṃ nīlaparidhānam upāgatam

Translation

なぜ見ぬのか—このバラバドラが来たのだ。顔はクンダの花、月、白き蓮の茎のごとく清らかに輝き、青き衣をまとって到来した。

Word by Word

• किम्: why? what?
• किम्: Kriya-viseshana (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; प्रश्नार्थक

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• पश्यसि: do you see
• पश्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Present 2nd sg.

• कुन्द-इन्दु-मृणाल-धवल-अननम्: whose face is white like jasmine, moon, and lotus-fibre
• कुन्द-इन्दु-मृणाल-धवल-अननम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक) + मृणाल (प्रातिपदिक) + धवल (प्रातिपदिक) + अनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; बहुव्रीहि: कुन्द-इन्दु-मृणालवत् धवलम् अननं यस्य सः

• बलभद्रम्: Balabhadra (Balarāma)
• बलभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular (pronoun)

• नील-परिधानम्: wearing blue garments
• नील-परिधानम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नील (प्रातिपदिक) + परिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष: नीलं परिधानं यस्य सः

• उपागतम्: arrived; come near
• उपागतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-आ-गम् (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कृदन्त: उपागत (√गम् क्त) ‘come/arrived’

Speaker

Likely a cowherd woman (gopī) addressing another in narration relayed by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya (exact sub-speaker varies by recension).

Characters & Entities

• Balabhadra (Balarama)

FAQs

What is the significance of Balabhadra’s description in this Vishnu Purana verse?

The verse uses luminous similes (jasmine, moon, lotus-fibre) to mark Balabhadra as an auspicious, divine presence whose arrival should be immediately recognized as worthy of darśana.

How does Sage Parāśara frame such scenes in the Vishnu Purana’s dialogue?

Parāśara typically recounts devotional and narrative moments to Maitreya so that physical description becomes a theological cue—inviting the listener to perceive divinity operating within human-like events.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Within Book 5’s Krishna-centered narration, Vishnu’s sovereignty is expressed through his incarnational circle—Krishna and Balabhadra—whose presence restores order and grants devotees the saving grace of direct vision (darśana).