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Shloka 25

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

वे जो नारायण नामसे प्रसिद्ध सनातन देवाधिदेव हैं उन्हींके अंश वसुदेवनन्दन श्रीकृष्ण थे, जो अवतारका कार्य पूरा करके पुन: अपने स्वरूपमें प्रविष्ट हो गये ।।

ṣoḍaśa strīsahasrāṇi vāsudevaparigrahaḥ | amajjantāḥ sarasvatyāṃ kālena janamejaya ||

Vaiśampāyana nói: Hỡi vua Janamejaya! Śrī Kṛṣṇa, con của Vasudeva, vốn là phần hóa thân của Nārāyaṇa—vị Thần tối thượng, vĩnh hằng—sau khi hoàn tất sứ mệnh của bậc giáng thế đã trở về nhập lại bản thể nguyên sơ của mình. Rồi theo dòng thời gian, mười sáu nghìn người phụ nữ từng là phối ngẫu của Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) nhân lúc cơ hội đã gieo mình xuống sông Sarasvatī và kết liễu mạng sống.

षोडशsixteen
षोडश:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
स्त्रीwomen
स्त्री:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
Formneuter, nominative, plural
वासुदेवof Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
वासुदेव:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवासुदेव
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
परिग्रहःmarriage/consortship; being taken as wives
परिग्रहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरिग्रह
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अमज्जन्तthey plunged/jumped in
अमज्जन्त:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमज्ज्
Formimperfect (laṅ), 3rd, plural
सरस्वत्याम्in the (river) Sarasvatī
सरस्वत्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती
Formfeminine, locative, singular
कालेनin due time; at the (appointed) time
कालेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
जनमेजयO Janamejaya
जनमेजय:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootजनमेजय
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
J
Janamejaya
V
Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
S
Sarasvatī (river)
K
Kṛṣṇa’s sixteen thousand women/consorts

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the power of Kāla (time) and impermanence: once the divine mission is complete and the Lord withdraws, worldly bonds and supports dissolve, and human lives—overwhelmed by loss and circumstance—move toward an inevitable end. It frames the episode as part of cosmic closure rather than triumph or blame.

After Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s departure from the world, his sixteen thousand women (his household/consorts) later plunge into the Sarasvatī river and die. Vaiśampāyana narrates this to King Janamejaya as one of the final unravelings that follow the end of the Yādava era and the completion of Kṛṣṇa’s avatāra-work.