Shloka 11

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

तद् उग्रसेनो मुसलम् अयश्चूर्णम् अकारयत् जज्ञे स चैरकाश् चूर्णः प्रक्षिप्तस् तैर् महोदधौ

Transliteration

tad ugraseno musalam ayaścūrṇam akārayat jajñe sa cairakāś cūrṇaḥ prakṣiptas tair mahodadhau

Translation

ତାପରେ ଉଗ୍ରସେନ ସେ ଲୋହାର ମୁସଳକୁ ପିସି ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରାଇଲେ; ସେଇ ଚୁର୍ଣ୍ଣ ତଟବାଳୁକାରେ ଉଗୁଥିବା ନଳ ହେଲା। ତାହାକୁ ସେମାନେ ମହାସମୁଦ୍ରରେ ଫିଙ୍ଗିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम् (object)

• उग्रसेनः: Ugrasena
• उग्रसेनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• मुसलम्: the club
• मुसलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• अयःचूर्णम्: iron powder; filings
• अयःचूर्णम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस् (प्रातिपदिक) + चूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘iron-powder’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम् (as result/object complement)

• अकारयत्: caused (it) to be made; had (it) ground
• अकारयत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; णिजन्त (causative)

• जज्ञे: was produced; came into being
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्

• सः: it; that
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• चैरकाः: the Caira(k)a people
• चैरकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• चूर्णः: powder
• चूर्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (predicate/‘as powder’)

• प्रक्षिप्तः: thrown; cast
• प्रक्षिप्तः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचनम् (agreeing with चूर्णः)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम्

• महोदधौ: in the great ocean
• महोदधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive: ‘great ocean’); पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Ugrasena
• musala (iron club)
• Erakā reeds
• the great ocean (mahodadhi)
• Yādavas/Vṛṣṇis (implied narrative context)

FAQs

What is the significance of grinding the musala (iron club) in the Vishnu Purana?

It shows an attempt to avert a foretold calamity by destroying its apparent cause, yet the narrative stresses that destiny shaped by cosmic order still manifests through other means.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the unfolding of fate in this episode?

By describing how even after the club is reduced to filings and cast away, those filings become reeds—implying that outcomes aligned with dharma and time (kāla) cannot be fully obstructed by human measures.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu incarnates as Krishna and sustains dharma, the world-process—governed by time and divine sovereignty—includes the completion of a dynasty’s role, underscoring Vishnu as the supreme regulator of order and dissolution.