Shloka 29
यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)
तान् दृष्ट्वा यादवान् आह पश्यध्वम् अतिदारुणान् महोत्पाताञ् छमायैषां प्रभासं याम मा चिरम्
tān dṛṣṭvā yādavān āha paśyadhvam atidāruṇān mahotpātāñ chamāyaiṣāṃ prabhāsaṃ yāma mā ciram
तान् दृष्ट्वा यादवानाह पश्यध्वमतिदारुणान् महोत्पातान्; छमायैषां प्रभासं याम मा चिरम्।
Sri Krishna (addressing the Yādavas; narrated within Parasara’s account to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse, Prabhāsa is presented as the immediate sacred destination for expiation in response to terrifying omens, marking the Yādavas’ decisive turn toward a divinely-ordered culmination.
Through the narration of Krishna’s instruction, the text treats great portents as indicators of an approaching, unavoidable turn of time (kāla), to be met with dharmic action—pilgrimage and atonement—rather than denial.
Krishna’s command reveals supreme sovereignty: even the clan dearest to him moves according to cosmic order, and the Lord directs the proper dharmic response while guiding history toward its destined resolution.