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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.31.25

स्‍त्रीबालवृद्धानादाय हतशेषान् धनञ्जय: । इन्द्रप्रस्थं समावेश्य वज्रं तत्राभ्यषेचयत् ॥ २५ ॥
strī-bāla-vṛddhān ādāya
[stree-baala-vriddhaan aadaaya]
hata-śeṣān dhanañjayaḥ
[hata-sheshaan dhananjayah]
indraprasthaṁ samāveśya
[indraprastham samaaveshya]
vajraṁ tatrābhyaṣecayat
[vajram tatraabhyashechayat]
strī — the women bāla — children vṛddhān — and elders ādāya — taking hata — of the killed śeṣān — the survivors dhanañjayaḥ — Arjuna indraprastham — in the capital of the Pāṇḍavas samāveśya — resettling vajram — Vajra, the son of Aniruddha tatra — there abhyaṣecayat — placed upon the throne.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
strī-bāla-vṛddhān ādāya
strī
the women
bāla
children
vṛddhān
and elders
ādāya
taking
hata-śeṣān dhanañjayaḥ
hata
of the killed
śeṣān
the survivors
dhanañjayaḥ
Arjuna
indraprasthaṁ samāveśya
indraprastham
in the capital of the Pāṇḍavas
samāveśya
resettling
vajraṁ tatrābhyaṣecayat
vajram
Vajra, the son of Aniruddha
tatra
there
abhyaṣecayat
placed upon the throne.
Arjuna took the survivors of the Yadu dynasty — the women, children and old men — to Indraprastha, where he installed Vajra as ruler of the Yadus.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Arjuna took the survivors of the Yadu dynasty—the women, children and old men—to Indraprastha, and installed Vajra as ruler of the Yadus.
Arjuna took the survivors — women, children, old men — to Indraprastha and installed Vajra as ruler of the Yadus. After collapse, continuity is engineered.
Reflection Questions
  • After a loss in my own community, what continuity is mine to engineer?
  • What practical leadership does the situation call for?
📝 My note

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