Shloka 29

Devanagari script

यादवा: कुकुरा भोजा: सर्वे चान्धकवृष्णय: । त्वय्यासक्ता महाबाहो लोका लोकेश्षुराक्ष ये

Transliteration

yādavāḥ kukurā bhojāḥ sarve cāndhakavṛṣṇayaḥ | tvayy āsaktā mahābāho lokā lokeśvarāś ca ye ||

Translation

यादवाः कुकुरा भोजाः सर्वे चान्धकवृष्णयः। त्वय्यासक्ता महाबाहो लोका लोकेश्वराश्च ये॥

Word by Word

• यादवाः: the Yadavas
• यादवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुकुराः: the Kukuras
• कुकुराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुकुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भोजाः: the Bhojas
• भोजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अन्धकवृष्णयः: the Andhakas and the Vrishnis
• अन्धकवृष्णयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धकवृष्णि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वयि: in you / on you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Singular

• आसक्ताः: attached, devoted
• आसक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• लोकाः: the people
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• राक्षाः: protectors/guards
• राक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Yādavas
• Kukuras
• Bhojas
• Andhakas
• Vṛṣṇis
• lokeśvaras (world-rulers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how moral and political cohesion often forms around a central, admired figure: devotion and attachment (āsakti) can unify clans and even rulers, shaping collective action and responsibility within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a ‘mighty-armed’ hero and notes that the Yādava-related clans—Yādavas, Kukuras, Bhojas, Andhakas, and Vṛṣṇis—along with other peoples and even world-rulers, are attached and aligned with him, emphasizing his influence and following.