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Shloka 13

अध्याय ४ — द्वारकानिमित्तानि, प्रभासगमनम्, मौसलप्रारम्भः

Omens in Dvārakā, Journey to Prabhāsa, and the Musala Outbreak

अथापश्यद्‌ योगयुक्तस्य तस्य नागं मुखान्निश्चरन्तं महान्तम्‌ | श्वेतं ययौ स ततः: प्रेक्ष्यमाणो महार्णवो येन महानुभाव:,बलरामजी योगयुक्त हो समाधि लगाये बैठे थे। श्रीकृष्णने उनके मुखसे एक श्वेत वर्णके विशालकाय सर्पको निकलते देखा। उनसे देखा जाता हुआ वह महानुभाव नाग जिस ओर महासागर था उसी मार्गपर चल दिया

athāpaśyad yogayuktasya tasya nāgaṃ mukhān niścarantaṃ mahāntam | śvetaṃ yayau sa tataḥ prekṣyamāṇo mahārṇavo yena mahānubhāvaḥ ||

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు యోగసమాధిలో లీనమైన ఆ మహాత్ముని ముఖమునుండి ఒక మహావిశాలమైన నాగము బయలుదేరుటను ఆయన చూచెను. శ్వేతవర్ణుడైన ఆ మహానుభావ నాగుడు, అందరూ చూస్తుండగా, మహాసముద్రము వైపు పోయే అదే మార్గమున సాగిపోయెను.

अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपश्यत्saw
अपश्यत्:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formलङ् (imperfect), 3, singular, parasmaipada
योगयुक्तस्यof (him) engaged in yoga
योगयुक्तस्य:
TypeAdjective
Rootयोगयुक्त
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
नागम्serpent
नागम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
मुखात्from (the) mouth
मुखात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
Formneuter, ablative, singular
निःश्चरन्तम्coming out, emerging
निःश्चरन्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootनिः-चर्
Formpresent active (शतृ), masculine, accusative, singular
महान्तम्huge, great
महान्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
श्वेतम्white
श्वेतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वेत
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
ययौwent
ययौ:
TypeVerb
Rootया
Formलिट् (perfect), 3, singular, parasmaipada
सःhe/that (serpent)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
प्रेक्ष्यमाणःbeing watched, being looked at
प्रेक्ष्यमाणः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-ईक्ष्
Formpresent passive (शानच्), masculine, nominative, singular
महार्णवःthe great ocean
महार्णवः:
TypeNoun
Rootमहार्णव
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
येनby which; in which direction/way
येन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine/neuter, instrumental, singular
महानुभावःthe great-souled one (serpent)
महानुभावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहानुभाव
Formmasculine, nominative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
B
Balarāma
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
N
Nāga (white serpent)
M
Mahārṇava (great ocean)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights yogic mastery at the end of life: a perfected being departs consciously and calmly, suggesting that disciplined inner absorption (yoga) culminates in a dignified, non-deluded transition and a return to one’s cosmic origin.

Balarāma, seated in yogic absorption, is seen to release a great white serpent from his mouth; that serpent-being proceeds toward the great ocean. The episode signals Balarāma’s divine-yogic exit from the world, witnessed by others (notably Kṛṣṇa in the received narration).