Shloka 64
यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)
स तत्पादं मृगाकारम् अवेक्ष्याराद् अवस्थितः तले विव्याध तेनैव तोमरेण द्विजोत्तम
sa tatpādaṃ mṛgākāram avekṣyārād avasthitaḥ tale vivyādha tenaiva tomareṇa dvijottama
ထိုခြေထောက်သည် သမင်ပုံသဏ္ဌာန်ကဲ့သို့ မြင်ရသဖြင့် သူသည် အဝေးမှ ရပ်နေပြီး၊ အို ဒွိဇိုတ္တမ၊ ထိုလှံတံတည်းဖြင့် ခြေဖဝါးကို ထိုးဖောက်하였다။
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: The precise act by which Jarā wounded Krishna and how it occurred.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: solemn
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Krishna allows the final bodily wound as the ordained sign of withdrawal from the world, completing the avatāra’s manifest conclusion.
Leela: Moksha-dana
Dharma Restored: Recognition of divine līlā and the supremacy of the Lord beyond bodily events
Concept: The Lord’s apparent vulnerability is a feature of līlā; his essential divinity is not pierced even when the body is struck.
Vedantic Theme: Moksha
Application: When confronted by suffering or loss, distinguish between outer events and the inner, sustaining Reality; deepen śraddhā rather than cynicism.
Vishishtadvaita: Supports the distinction between the Lord’s transcendence and his freely assumed, communicative embodiment—immanence without limitation.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
In this verse, the act of piercing the sole functions as a narrative turning-point: a single, targeted action triggers consequences that uphold the Purana’s moral logic of karma and dharma within royal history.
By narrating precise acts—such as striking from a distance and wounding a specific body-part—Parāśara frames history as ethically structured, where choices made by prominent actors shape outcomes for individuals and dynasties.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Vishnu Purana’s royal narratives are ultimately situated under Vishnu’s sovereignty: worldly events unfold within an ordered cosmos where dharma and karmic result are governed by the Supreme Reality.