Shloka 23
यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)
यथा गृहीतम् अम्भोधेर् दत्त्वाहं द्वारकाभुवम् यादवान् उपसंहृत्य यास्यामि त्रिदशालयम्
yathā gṛhītam ambhodher dattvāhaṃ dvārakābhuvam yādavān upasaṃhṛtya yāsyāmi tridaśālayam
Gaya ng minsang pag-angkin ko sa lupang ito mula sa dagat upang ibigay ang Dvaraka, gayon din ngayon ibabalik ko ang lupain ng Dvaraka sa dagat; matapos tipunin ang mga Yadava pabalik sa aking Sarili, ako’y tutungo sa tahanan ng mga diyos.
Sri Krishna (as recounted by Sage Parāśara to Maitreya)
FAQs
It marks the deliberate cosmic withdrawal of Krishna’s manifest city: what was divinely established is divinely dissolved, showing Vishnu’s sovereignty over creation and dissolution.
In the dialogue framework, Parāśara presents it as Krishna’s intentional gathering of His own clan back into His divine order, signaling the close of the Yadava era and the turning of time toward Kali.
Krishna appears not merely as a hero but as the Supreme Lord who both establishes and reabsorbs worlds and lineages—affirming a Vaishnava vision where all powers and destinies rest in Vishnu.