Shloka 12

पारिजातहरणम्, द्वारकाप्रवेशः, षोडशसहस्रविवाहः

Pārijāta, Return to Dvārakā, and the Lord’s Many Forms

Devanagari script

ततस् ते यादवाः सर्वे देहबन्धान् अमानुषान् ददृशुः पादपे तस्मिन् कुर्वतो मुखदर्शनम्

Transliteration

tatas te yādavāḥ sarve dehabandhān amānuṣān dadṛśuḥ pādape tasmin kurvato mukhadarśanam

Translation

پھر تمام یادَووں نے اس درخت پر جسمانی بندھن میں جکڑی ہوئی غیر انسانی صورتیں دیکھیں، گویا چہرہ دکھانے کو ظاہر ہو رہی ہوں۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थे (thereupon/then)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यादवाः: the Yādavas
• यादवाः: Karta (Apposition to ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (यादवाः)

• देहबन्धान्: bodily bonds/attachments
• देहबन्धान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देहे बन्धाः/देहस्य बन्धाः)

• अमानुषान्: non-human/superhuman
• अमानुषान्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (देहबन्धान्)

• ददृशुः: they saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पादपे: on/in the tree
• पादपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location-qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण/संबन्ध (referring to that tree)

• कुर्वतः: of (him) doing/making
• कुर्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सम्बन्धः (of one who was doing)

• मुखदर्शनम्: a showing/appearance of the face
• मुखदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मुखस्य दर्शनम्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

FAQs

What is the significance of ominous visions and portents in the Vishnu Purana?

They function as narrative markers of an approaching, divinely-governed transition—showing that even mighty clans like the Yādavas cannot escape the ordained course of time and karma.

How does Sage Parāśara explain fate and divine order in this episode?

Through the Yādavas’ uncanny sighting, Parāśara frames events as unfolding under daiva (higher ordinance), where human agency is real yet ultimately encompassed by cosmic law.

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

Even when not named in the verse, the episode sits within Viṣṇu’s cosmic governance: history, dynasties, and dissolution proceed under the Supreme Reality’s ordering power, reinforcing the Purāṇa’s Vaishnava vision of providence.