Shloka 25

वंशवर्णनम्, अनिरुद्धविवाहः, तथा बलराम-रुक्मी द्यूतविवादः

Devanagari script

आकृष्य च महास्तम्भं जातरूपमयं बलः जघान ये ऽन्ये तत्पक्षाः भूभृतः कुपितो बलः

Transliteration

ākṛṣya ca mahāstambhaṃ jātarūpamayaṃ balaḥ jaghāna ye 'nye tatpakṣāḥ bhūbhṛtaḥ kupito balaḥ

Translation

ແລ້ວພະບະລະຣາມຜູ້ໂກດໄດ້ລາກເສົາໃຫຍ່ທຳດ້ວຍຄຳອອກມາ ແລະໃຊ້ເສົານັ້ນຟາດລົງກະສັດອື່ນໆຜູ້ດຸດພູເຂົາທີ່ຢູ່ຝ່າຍຕໍ່ຕ້ານໃຫ້ລົ້ມລົງ។

Word by Word

• ākṛṣya: having dragged/pulled
• ākṛṣya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahāstambham: a great pillar
• mahāstambham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + stambha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• jātarūpamayam: made of gold
• jātarūpamayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jātarūpa + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying mahāstambham)

• balaḥ: Bala (Balarāma)
• balaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• jaghāna: struck/killed
• jaghāna: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ye इत्यस्य विशेषण (appositional)

• tatpakṣāḥ: those of his party
• tatpakṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat + pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ye/anye इत्यस्य विशेषण (those of that side/party)

• bhūbhṛtaḥ: kings (earth-bearers)
• bhūbhṛtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-bhṛt (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (भूṃ बिभ्रति इति) ‘kings/mountain-like bearers of earth’

• kupitaḥ: angered
• kupitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (प्रातिपदिक; √kup + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), विशेषण (qualifying balaḥ)

• balaḥ: Bala
• balaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Maitreya
• Bala
• Bhūbhṛtaḥ (mountain-like rulers)

FAQs

What is the significance of bhūbhṛtaḥ in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, bhūbhṛtaḥ literally means “earth-bearers” (mountains) and is used for formidable, mountain-like rulers, emphasizing the weight and scale of sovereign power in dynastic history.

How does Sage Parāśara explain factional conflict in the dynastic sections?

Parāśara narrates conflicts as turning points in lineage history, where alliances (“that side/faction”) and the exertion of force reshape succession, territory, and the remembered order of kings.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Purāṇic frame treats such upheavals as occurring within Vishnu’s overarching governance of dharma and cosmic order, where worldly sovereignty remains subordinate to the Supreme Reality.