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Shloka 24

Svargārohaṇa-parva Adhyāya 5 — Karmaphala-Nirdeśa and Phalāśruti (कर्मफलनिर्देशः फलश्रुतिश्च)

य: स नारायणो नाम देवदेव: सनातन: । तस्यांशो वासुदेवस्तु कर्मणो<डन्ते विवेश ह

yaḥ sa nārāyaṇo nāma devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ | tasyāṁśo vāsudevas tu karmaṇo 'nte viveśa ha ||

ไวศัมปายนะกล่าวว่า—พระองค์ผู้มีนามว่า นารายณะ เป็นเทวเทพผู้เป็นนิรันดร์; ส่วนอันเป็นอังศะของพระองค์คือ วาสุเทวะ ครั้นถึงกาลสิ้นสุดแห่งกรรม ก็ได้เข้าสู่ (ปฐมมูลของตน) อีกครั้ง.

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नारायणःNārāyaṇa
नारायणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name / named
नाम:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
देवदेवःgod of gods
देवदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सनातनःeternal
सनातनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अंशःportion / part
अंशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअंश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वासुदेवःVāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
वासुदेवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut / indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कर्मणःof action / of karma
कर्मणः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अन्तेat the end
अन्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
विवेशentered
विवेश:
TypeVerb
Rootविश्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
indeed (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
N
Nārāyaṇa
V
Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse affirms a theological view that Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) is an aṁśa (emanated portion) of the eternal supreme deity Nārāyaṇa, suggesting that divine intervention operates within the moral and causal order (karma) at decisive turning points.

In Vaiśampāyana’s narration near the conclusion of the epic, the text identifies the supreme Nārāyaṇa and states that his portion manifested as Vāsudeva, who entered the world at the culmination of the destined sequence of events—framing Kṛṣṇa’s role as providential within the Mahābhārata’s closing reflections.