Shloka 10

Devanagari script

द्वारवत्यां क्व यातो ऽसाव् अनिरुद्धेति जल्पताम् यदूनाम् आचचक्षे तं बद्धं बाणेन नारदः

Transliteration

dvāravatyāṃ kva yāto 'sāv aniruddheti jalpatām yadūnām ācacakṣe taṃ baddhaṃ bāṇena nāradaḥ

Translation

Di Dvāravatī, kaum Yādava saling bertanya, “Ke manakah Aniruddha pergi?” Lalu resi Nārada memberitahu bahawa dia telah ditawan—diikat oleh Bāṇa.

Word by Word

• द्वारवत्याम्: in Dvāravatī
• द्वारवत्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative singular

• क्व: where?
• क्व: Sambandha (Interrogative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• यातः: gone
• यातः: Karta (Subject-predicate complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle ‘gone’

• असौ: that person (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun

• अनिरुद्ध: Aniruddha
• अनिरुद्ध: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, एकवचन — vocative/nominative used in quotation

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• जल्पताम्: (of those) speaking
• जल्पताम्: Karta (Agent within genitive absolute/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जल्प् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, तृतीया-पुरुष, बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले ‘speaking’ (present participial sense in genitive plural construction)

• यदूनाम्: of the Yadus
• यदूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• आचचक्षे: reported
• आचचक्षे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, तृतीया-पुरुष, एकवचन — ‘told/declared’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• बद्धम्: bound
• बद्धम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘bound’ qualifying तम्

• बाणेन: by Bāṇa
• बाणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• नारदः: Nārada
• नारदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Divine purposes unfold through saintly mediation: Nārada’s disclosure turns confusion into decisive dharmic response.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Seek truthful guidance from wise teachers when community fear and rumor spread; act after clarity, not panic.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s governance is disclosed through devotees like Nārada, who function as instruments within the Lord’s order (śeṣa-śeṣi relation).

Characters & Entities

• Aniruddha
• Dvāravatī (Dvārakā)
• Nārada
• Bāṇa

FAQs

What is the significance of Nārada revealing Aniruddha’s capture in the Vishnu Purana?

Nārada functions as the catalyst who discloses hidden events, moving the Yādavas from confusion to decisive action and advancing the divinely guided narrative.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the unfolding of events around Aniruddha in this episode?

Parāśara presents the crisis as part of a larger providential sequence: uncertainty in Dvārakā is resolved through Nārada’s intervention, directing the Yādavas toward the next dharmic response.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (as Krishna’s supreme sovereignty) in this context?

Even when the Yādavas face disorder, the episode implies that supreme sovereignty remains intact—events are revealed and resolved through divinely aligned agents, reinforcing Vishnu’s governance over outcomes.