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Shloka 8

अध्याय १: महाप्रस्थानारम्भः

The Commencement of the Great Departure

एष पुत्रस्य पुत्रस्ते कुरुराजो भविष्यति । यदूनां परिशेषश्च वज्ो राजा कृतश्च ह ८ ।। “बेटी! यह तुम्हारे पुत्रका पुत्र परीक्षित्‌ कुरुदेश तथा कौरवोंका राजा होगा और यादवोंमें जो लोग बच गये हैं उनका राजा श्रीकृष्ण-पौत्र वज्जको बनाया गया है

eṣa putrasya putras te kururājo bhaviṣyati | yadūnāṁ pariśeṣaś ca vajro rājā kṛtaś ca ha || 8 ||

“മകളേ! ഇതാ നിന്റെ പുത്രന്റെ പുത്രൻ; കുരുക്കളുടെ രാജാവാകും. യാദവരിൽ ശേഷിച്ചവർക്കായി വജ്രനെ രാജാവാക്കി നിയമിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.”

एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रस्यof (your) son
पुत्रस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पुत्रःson (grandson)
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
कुरुराजःking of the Kurus
कुरुराजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुराज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular
यदूनाम्of the Yadus
यदूनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयदु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
परिशेषःthe remnant/survivor-group
परिशेषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरिशेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वज्रःVajra (name)
वज्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
राजाking
राजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतःmade/appointed
कृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
indeed/for emphasis
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
P
Parīkṣit
K
Kuru (Kuru kingdom/Kurudeśa)
Y
Yādavas
V
Vajra

Educational Q&A

Even after catastrophic loss, dharma is sustained through orderly succession and responsible governance: rightful heirs are installed so society regains stability and continuity.

The narrator announces the political settlement after the great destruction: Parīkṣit, the grandson in the Pāṇḍava line, will rule the Kuru realm, and Vajra is appointed to lead the surviving Yādavas.