Shloka 17

पारिजातहरणम्, द्वारकाप्रवेशः, षोडशसहस्रविवाहः

Pārijāta, Return to Dvārakā, and the Lord’s Many Forms

Devanagari script

एकैकश्येन ताः कन्या मेनिरे मधुसूदनः ममैव पाणिग्रहणं भगवान् कृतवान् इति

Transliteration

ekaikaśyena tāḥ kanyā menire madhusūdanaḥ mamaiva pāṇigrahaṇaṃ bhagavān kṛtavān iti

Translation

ஒவ்வொரு கன்னியும் தனித்தனியாக எண்ணினாள்—“பகவான் மதுசூதனன் என் கரத்தையே மணமாகப் பற்றினான்; என்னையே ஏற்றுக்கொண்டான்।”

Word by Word

• एकैकश्येन: one by one
• एकैकश्येन: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकैक (प्रातिपदिक; एक+एक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनान्त अव्ययीभावप्रायः प्रयोगः; 'one by one' (instrumental sense)

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• कन्याः: maidens
• कन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ताः इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• मेनिरे: thought/considered
• मेनिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusudana
• मधुसूदनः: Karta (Quoted-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक; मधु+सूदन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्ये 'इति'पूर्वक-उद्धृतवाक्यस्य कर्तृपद (understood)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• पाणिग्रहणम्: the marriage (hand-taking)
• पाणिग्रहणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणिग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक; पाणि+ग्रहण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'hand-taking' (marriage)

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृतवान्: did/has done
• कृतवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परिप्रयोगे लिट्/लङ्-अर्थे 'has done/did'

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Madhusudana
• maidens (kanyas)

FAQs

What is the significance of each maiden believing Krishna married her alone in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse highlights Bhagavān’s divine sovereignty and yogic power—his capacity to be fully present to each devotee without division, expressing līlā while remaining the Supreme Reality.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine action in this episode?

Through narrative description rather than abstract doctrine: Parāśara shows that Krishna’s acts operate beyond ordinary limitation, indicating the Lord’s transcendent nature even within worldly rites like marriage.

What is the theological importance of calling Krishna “Bhagavān” here?

“Bhagavān” frames Krishna not as a mere heroic king but as the Supreme Lord (Vishnu) whose līlā governs events—supporting Vaishnava readings where the personal Lord is the highest reality.