Shloka 29

अध्याय १: उत्पात-दर्शनम् तथा वृष्णि-विनाश-श्रवणम्

Omens Observed and the Hearing of the Vṛṣṇi Destruction

Devanagari script

जनार्दनस्य रामस्य बश्रोश्नैव महात्मन: । अद्यप्रभृति सर्वेषु वृष्ण्यन्धककुलेष्विह

Transliteration

janārdanasya rāmasya bāhū roṣṇā iva mahātmanaḥ | adyaprabhṛti sarveṣu vṛṣṇyandhakakuleṣv iha ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—अद्यप्रभृति वृष्ण्यन्धककुलेष्विह सर्वेषु जनार्दनस्य रामस्य च महात्मनोः बाहवो रोषतप्ताः इव भविष्यन्ति।

Word by Word

जनार्दनस्यof Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

रामस्यof Rāma (Balarāma)

वश्रोष्णाby (their) control/command (reading uncertain)

इवas if / like

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

अद्यtoday / now

प्रभृतिfrom (this time) onward

सर्वेषुin all

वृष्णि-अन्धक-कुलेषुin the clans of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas

इहhere

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Rāma (Balarāma)

Vṛṣṇi clan

Andhaka clan

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked anger and internal discord, once set in motion, can consume even the most illustrious lineages; moral restraint and vigilance within one’s own community are essential to uphold dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator signals a turning point: from this day, Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana) and Balarāma are portrayed as wrathful and ready to act, foreshadowing the catastrophic unraveling of the Vṛṣṇi–Andhaka clans in the Mausala Parva.