Shloka 56

यादवक्षयः, बलराम-निर्याणम्, कृष्णस्य उपसंहारः (प्रभासे विनाशः)

Devanagari script

तेनैव सह गन्तव्यं यत्र याति स कौरवः

Transliteration

tenaiva saha gantavyaṃ yatra yāti sa kauravaḥ

Translation

你们必须只与他同行——那位俱卢后裔往哪里去，你们也当随往哪里去。

Word by Word

• तेन: with him
• तेन: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘with him/by him’

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहकारक-योगे)

• गन्तव्यम्: one must go
• गन्तव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्) → गन्तव्य (कृत्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेयम् ‘must be gone/one must go’

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक)

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• कौरवः: the Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सः इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्यः

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Kaurava
• Kuru dynasty

FAQs

What is the significance of the Kaurava reference in the Vishnu Purana?

“Kaurava” signals the Kuru lineage, anchoring the Purana’s genealogy to widely known royal histories and emphasizing continuity of dynastic sovereignty.

How does Sage Parāśara explain obedience and movement in royal contexts?

By framing it as a direct imperative—one should accompany the Kaurava wherever he goes—highlighting ordered allegiance as part of dharmic governance.

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

Even in terse political narration, the Vishnu Purana’s dynastic accounts implicitly present righteous rule and social order as resting within Vishnu’s overarching sovereignty that sustains dharma.