Shloka 7

Chapter 6: Dāruka’s Report; Arjuna Witnesses Dvārakā’s Desolation (दारुकवृत्तान्तः—अर्जुनस्य द्वारकादर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

तयोरपनयात्‌ पार्थ वृष्णयो निधनं गता: । अर्जुन! जो तुम्हारे प्रिय शिष्य थे और जिनका तुम बहुत सम्मान किया करते थे उन्हीं दोनों (सात्यकि और प्रद्युम्न)-के अन्यायसे समस्त वृष्णिवंशी मृत्युको प्राप्त हो गये हैं ।। ६ १ हल || ः ८4१65 न 5 प्ड्ड्ल्द न प (८ # 30.-7-5££-- 8 5 (6 +- _ट जे )५॥॥ 4: >-+:+>) यौ तौ वृष्णिप्रवीराणां द्वावेवातिरथौ मतौ

Transliteration

tayor apanayāt pārtha vṛṣṇayo nidhanaṃ gatāḥ | yāv tau vṛṣṇipravīrāṇāṃ dvāv evātirathau matau ||

Translation

婆苏提婆说：“噢，帕尔塔啊，正因那二人之失德与放纵、失去约束，弗利什尼族遂至灭亡。那二人——萨底耶吉与普拉丢姆那——本被视为弗利什尼一族最卓绝的英雄，亦列为大车战士（阿提罗陀），却竟成了使全族覆灭的缘起。”

Word by Word

तयोःof those two

अपनयात्because of (their) wrongdoing / from the misdeed (lit. from the act of leading away)

पार्थO son of Pritha (Arjuna)

वृष्णयःthe Vrishnis

निधनम्destruction, death

गताःhave gone (met: have met death)

यौwhich two / those two who

तौthose two

वृष्णि-प्रवीराणामof the foremost heroes among the Vrishnis

द्वौtwo

एवindeed, only

अतिरथौgreat warriors (atirathas)

मतौconsidered, regarded

Speaker

वसुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasudeva

Arjuna (Partha)

Vrishnis (Yadava clan)

Satyaki

Pradyumna

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the mightiest heroes cannot protect a community when ethical restraint collapses; adharma within—pride, quarrel, and misconduct—can destroy an entire lineage more surely than external enemies.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasudeva informs Arjuna that the Vrishni clan has perished, and he points to the role of two celebrated warriors—Sātyaki and Pradyumna—whose wrongful conduct became a key trigger in the chain of events leading to the clan’s annihilation.