Shloka 10
हरेः पुत्रविस्तारः तथा ऊषानिरुद्धकथा-प्रारम्भः
Kṛṣṇa’s Progeny and the Beginning of the Uṣā–Aniruddha Episode
एतत् सर्वं महाभाग ममाख्यातुं त्वम् अर्हसि महत् कौतूहलं जातं कथां श्रोतुम् इमां हरेः
etat sarvaṃ mahābhāga mamākhyātuṃ tvam arhasi mahat kautūhalaṃ jātaṃ kathāṃ śrotum imāṃ hareḥ
हे महाभाग, हे सर्व मला सांगण्यास आपणच योग्य आहात. हरीची ही पावन कथा ऐकण्याची माझ्या मनात मोठी उत्कंठा निर्माण झाली आहे।
Maitreya (addressing Sage Parāśara)
FAQs
This verse frames śravaṇa as a purposeful spiritual act—Maitreya’s intense eagerness to hear Hari’s account signals that divine history is meant to be received through attentive listening and inquiry.
Maitreya’s request authorizes Parāśara’s narration and sets a guru–disciple context where cosmology and dynastic history are presented as revelations centered on Vishnu (Hari).
Hari is presented as the central subject whose divine agency underlies the unfolding of sacred history—implying Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty over events, lineages, and dharma.