तं बलौघम् अपर्यन्तं राजसागरम् अक्षयम् ॥
कुर्वाणं समयं कृष्णो युद्धाय बुबुधे तदा ॥
पूजयित्वा तु पूजार्हं ब्रह्मक्षत्रं विशेषतः ॥
सहदेवो नृणां देवः समापयत कर्म तत् ॥
तस्मिन्न् अभ्यर्चिते कृष्णे सुनीथः शत्रुकर्षणः ॥
अतिताम्रेक्षणः कोपाद् उवाच मनुजाधिपान् ॥
taṃ balaugham aparyantaṃ rājasāgaram akṣayam ||
kurvāṇaṃ samayaṃ kṛṣṇo yuddhāya bubudhe tadā ||
pūjayitvā tu pūjārhaṃ brahmakṣatraṃ viśeṣataḥ ||
sahadevo nṛṇāṃ devaḥ samāpayata karma tat ||
tasminn abhyarcite kṛṣṇe sunīthaḥ śatrukarṣaṇaḥ ||
atitāmrekṣaṇaḥ kopād uvāca manujādhipān ||
Krishna then perceived that boundless flood of strength, that inexhaustible ocean of kings, forging a pact for battle. And Sahadeva, a god among men, having honored those worthy of honor — brahmins and kshatriyas especially — completed that deed, the rite. When Krishna had been honored, Sunitha [Shishupala], scourge of foes, his eyes reddened deep with wrath, said to the lords of men:
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Krishna "perceives" the conspiracy ripening — from the Lord neither thought nor pact is hidden: the all-knowing sees the war before it is declared. It is telling that, knowing of the plot, He does not hastily interrupt the rite: He allows events to ripen, for His ordering of things is unhurried. And while the fury of His foes boils, the sacrificial rite is quietly "completed." The verse teaches that the Lord sees our intentions before our words and keeps His composure where men are thrown into turmoil; and that His unshaken calm amid a gathering storm is a mark of the power for which even the kings' rebellion is but part of a course already known to Him.