Canto 11: General HistoryChapter 6: The Yadu Dynasty Retires to Prabhāsa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.6.31

idānīḿ nāśa ārabdhaḥ

kulasya dvija-śāpa-jaḥ

yāsyāmi bhavanaḿ brahmann

etad-ante tavānagha

SYNONYMS

idānīm — just now; nāśaḥ — the annihilation; ārabdhaḥ — has begun; kulasya — of the dynasty; dvija-śāpa-jaḥ — due to the curse of the brāhmaṇas; yāsyāmiI will go; bhavanamto the place of residence; brahmanO Brahmā; etat-ante — after this; tava — your; anaghaO sinless one.

TRANSLATION

Now due to the brāhmaṇa's curse, the annihilation of My family has already begun. O sinless Brahmā, when this annihilation is finished and I am enroute to Vaikuṇṭha, I will pay a small visit to your abode.

PURPORT

The members of the Yadu dynasty are eternal servants of the Lord; therefore Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has explained the word nāśaḥ, or "destruction," as nigūḍhāyāḿ dvārakāyāḿ praveśanam ity arthaḥ: the members of the Yadu dynasty entered into the hidden or confidential Dvārakā in the spiritual world, which is not manifested here on the earth. In other words, Dvārakā, the Lord's abode, is manifest on the earth, and when the earthly Dvārakā is apparently removed, the eternal Dvārakā in the spiritual world remains as it is. Since the members of the Yadu dynasty are eternal associates of the Lord, there is no question of their destruction. Only our conditioned vision of their manifestation was destroyed. This is the meaning of the word nāśaḥ.

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