Shloka 25
मागधगिरिव्रजप्रवेशः — Entry into Girivraja and Jarāsandha’s Protocol Inquiry
दृष्टवा पौरैस्तदा सम्यग् गदा चैव निवेदिता । गदावसानं तत् ख्यातं मथुराया: समीपत:,पुरवासियोंने उसे देखकर उसकी सूचना भगवान् श्रीकृष्णको दी। मथुराके समीपका वह स्थान, जहाँ गदा गिरी थी, गदावसानके नामसे विख्यात हुआ
dṛṣṭvā pauraiḥ tadā samyag gadā caiva niveditā | gadāvasānaṃ tat khyātaṃ mathurāyāḥ samīpataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: Setelah penduduk kota melihatnya dengan jelas, mereka pun melaporkan maça itu kepada Tuhan Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Tempat berhampiran Mathurā, di mana maça itu berhenti, menjadi masyhur dengan nama Gadāvasāna—“penghujung (atau tempat rehat) maça.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how public witness and truthful reporting preserve memory and create sacred geography: an event becomes ethically and culturally significant when it is clearly observed, responsibly communicated, and commemorated as a named place.
Citizens see the mace and inform Śrī Kṛṣṇa about it. The location near Mathurā where the mace came to rest becomes known thereafter as Gadāvasāna.