Shloka 63

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

आययौ च जरा नाम स तदा तत्र लुब्धकः मुसलावशेषलोहैकसायकन्यस्ततोमरः

Transliteration

āyayau ca jarā nāma sa tadā tatra lubdhakaḥ musalāvaśeṣalohaikasāyakanyastatomaraḥ

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក នៅកន្លែងនោះ មានអ្នកប្រមាញ់ឈ្មោះ ជរា មកដល់—លំពែង និងព្រួញតែមួយរបស់គាត់មានមុខដែក ដែលបានច្នៃពីលោហៈសល់នៃមុសលៈ; គាត់ត្រូវវាសនាអូសនាំមក។

Word by Word

आययौcame

चand

जराJarā (name)

नामnamed

सःhe

तदाthen

तत्रthere

लुब्धकःhunter

मुसलावशेषलोहैकसायकन्यस्ततोमरःwhose spear was set with a single arrow-tip of iron remaining from the pestle

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Jara (the hunter)

Musala (iron pestle fragments)

Krishna (implied narrative context)

FAQs

What is the significance of the hunter Jarā in the Vishnu Purana?

Jarā’s arrival marks the narrative turning point where the Lord’s earthly manifestation withdraws, showing that even seemingly ordinary agents act within the larger sovereignty of Vishnu’s ordained time (kāla).

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of fate (kāla) in this episode?

By specifying the hunter’s coming “then and there” with weaponry tied to the Musala remnants, the narration frames events as interconnected consequences within divine order rather than random accident.

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

The verse supports the Vaishnava view that the Supreme Reality remains untouched while governing the world-process; Krishna’s departure is presented as the completion of lila and the unfolding of cosmic time, not a defeat of the Divine.