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Shloka 54

भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival

तस्य चैवाग्रजो भ्राता सिताद्रिनिचयप्रभ: । हली बल इति ख्यातो भविष्यति धराधर:

tasya caivāgrajo bhrātā sitādrinicayaprabhaḥ | halī bala iti khyāto bhaviṣyati dharādharaḥ ||

และพี่ชายของพระองค์ ผู้สว่างด้วยรัศมีขาวดุจหมู่ยอดเขาไกรลาส จะเป็นที่รู้จักในนาม ‘หะลี’ และ ‘พละ’ (พลราม) เขาจะเป็น ‘ผู้ทรงแผ่นดิน’—คือเศษนาคเองอวตารมาเป็นพลราม

तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अग्रजःelder-born (elder brother)
अग्रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअग्रज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भ्राताbrother
भ्राता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सिताद्रि-निचय-प्रभःwhose splendor is like a mass of white mountains
सिताद्रि-निचय-प्रभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसित + अद्रि + निचय + प्रभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हलीplough-bearer (Haladhara)
हली:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहलिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बलःBala (the strong one)
बलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (so called)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ख्यातःrenowned/known
ख्यातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भविष्यतिwill be
भविष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormSimple Future (लृट्), Third, Singular
धराधरःearth-bearer (supporter of the earth)
धराधरः:
Karta
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootधराधर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

ईश्वर उवाच

B
Balarāma
H
Halī (Haladhara)
B
Bala
Ś
Śeṣa Nāga (Ananta)
K
Kailāsa (implied by the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames Balarāma not merely as a heroic elder brother but as a cosmic support-principle: Śeṣa, the bearer of the earth, manifests to uphold stability and order. It emphasizes that divine roles appear in the world to sustain dharma through strength, steadiness, and support.

Īśvara describes the future manifestation of the main figure’s elder brother: he will be famed as Halī/Haladhara and Bala (Balarāma), shining with a white radiance likened to mountain masses, and identified as Śeṣa Nāga incarnate.