Shloka 49

Devanagari script

इत्य् उक्त्वा प्रययौ कृष्णः प्राद्युम्निर् यत्र तिष्ठति तद्बन्धफणिनो नेशुर् गरुडानिलशोषिताः

Transliteration

ity uktvā prayayau kṛṣṇaḥ prādyumnir yatra tiṣṭhati tadbandhaphaṇino neśur garuḍānilaśoṣitāḥ

Translation

说罢，圣克里希纳前往普拉丢姆那所在之处。那曾作束缚的蛇冠已如被迦楼罗激起之风吹干般枯竭，竟再不能嘶鸣。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Conjunctive action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/gerund); ‘having said’

• प्रययौ: went forth
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्राद्युम्निः: to Prādyumni (Pradyumna)
• प्राद्युम्निः: Adhikarana/Goal (Destination/गन्तव्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राद्युम्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक-सम्बन्धक (relative adverb)

• तिष्ठति: stands / stays
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Relative clause action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्-बन्ध-फणिनः: the serpents bound there
• तत्-बन्ध-फणिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + फणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य बन्धः; बन्धेन युक्ताः फणिनः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• नेशुः: perished
• नेशुः: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• गरुड-अनिल-शोषिताः: dried up by Garuḍa’s wind
• गरुड-अनिल-शोषिताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + अनिल (प्रातिपदिक) + शोषित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (गरुडस्य अनिलेन शोषिताः = dried up by Garuḍa’s wind); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (फणिनाम्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: He acts to rescue and protect His kin and devotees, nullifying bindings and hostile forces that obstruct dharma.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of the Lord’s own and restoration of rightful freedom against adharma’s restraints.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Hostile forces become impotent before the Lord’s protecting will, for He safeguards His own and dissolves bondage.

Vedantic Theme: Moksha

Application: In adversity, take refuge in God with steadiness; interpret ‘bonds’ as habits/fears and practice surrender with disciplined effort.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s grace actively protects the dependent soul; liberation is not mere self-effort but the Supreme’s saving initiative toward those who belong to Him.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Dasya

Vyuha Form: Pradyumna

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Pradyumna
• Garuḍa
• Nāgas (serpents)

FAQs

What is the significance of Garuḍa imagery in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

Garuḍa functions as a theological symbol of Vishnu’s sovereign power—hostile serpent-bonds lose their force, as if dried by Garuḍa’s wind, indicating that opposition collapses before divine protection.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine protection in the Pradyumna context?

Through narrative causality: Krishna’s purposeful movement toward Pradyumna coincides with the weakening of the binding serpents, presenting protection not as abstraction but as Bhagavān’s active, saving intervention.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Krishna) here?

Krishna is shown as the supreme governing reality whose presence nullifies bondage and threat, reinforcing a Vaishnava view of Bhagavān as the ultimate refuge and ruler of cosmic order.