Shloka 22

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

भुवो नाद्यापि भारो ऽयं यादवैर् अनिबर्हितैः अवतार्य करोम्य् एतत् सप्तरात्रेण सत्वरः

Transliteration

bhuvo nādyāpi bhāro 'yaṃ yādavair anibarhitaiḥ avatārya karomy etat saptarātreṇa satvaraḥ

Translation

ఇప్పటికీ భూమి యొక్క ఈ భారము అణగని యాదవులచే తొలగించబడలేదు; నేను దీన్ని త్వరగా—ఏడు రాత్రుల్లోనే—అంతమొందిస్తాను।

Word by Word

• bhuvaḥ: of the earth
• bhuvaḥ: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of the earth’

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात; ‘not’

• adya: today, now
• adya: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb); ‘today/now’

• api: even, still
• api: Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; ‘even/still’

• bhāraḥ: burden
• bhāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yādavaiḥ: by the Yādavas
• yādavaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• anibarhitaiḥ: not removed, not eliminated
• anibarhitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anibarhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; a+ni+√barh/√bṛh ‘to remove/drive away’)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (yādavaiḥ)

• avatārya: having brought down/removed
• avatārya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avatārya (कृदन्त-अव्यय; ava+√tṝ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) अव्यय; ‘having brought down/removed’

• karomi: I do, I will make
• karomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saptarātreṇa: in seven nights
• saptarātreṇa: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta+rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (सप्त+रात्र), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘within/by seven nights’

• satvaraḥ: swift, quickly acting
• satvaraḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (aham implied)

Speaker

Sri Krishna (as the supreme sovereign will acting to restore dharma and cosmic order), narrated within Parasara’s discourse to Maitreya

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa declares he will swiftly remove the remaining burden of Earth by bringing the Yādavas to their destined end within seven nights.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Relief of Bhūmi’s burden and restoration of normal cosmic-social equilibrium

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Avatāra-action includes both protection and withdrawal; even the Lord’s own clan is subject to a divinely ordered conclusion for cosmic balance.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Hold power and success lightly, recognizing that roles end when their purpose is fulfilled.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord bears and relieves Bhūmi’s burden as her inner ruler, showing providence working through historical events.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Lakshmi Presence: Bhumi

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Earth (Bhūmi)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Earth’s ‘burden’ (bhāra) in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse, the ‘burden’ signifies an imbalance in dharma and worldly order that must be relieved by divine intervention; Krishna declares that the remaining burden persists due to the still-unchecked Yadavas.

How does Parasara’s narrative frame Krishna’s action here?

Within Parasara’s teaching to Maitreya, Krishna is presented as the decisive, time-governing agent whose will restores cosmic equilibrium—he sets a precise, imminent timeframe (‘seven nights’) for the resolution.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu/Krishna in this context?

Krishna speaks as the supreme ruler of cosmic order, indicating that dynasties rise and fall under divine governance; the verse emphasizes Vishnu’s sovereignty in correcting excess and re-establishing dharma.