कृष्णाश्रयाः कृष्णबलाः कृष्णनाथाश् च पाण्डवाः ॥
कृष्णः परायणं चैषां ज्योतिषाम् इव चन्द्रमाः ॥
तस्मात् पर्णानि शाखाश् च स्कन्धं चोत्सृज्य सूतज ॥
कृष्णं निकृन्धि पाण्डूनां मूलं सर्वत्र सर्वदा ॥
हन्याद् यदि हि दाशार्हं कर्णो यादवनन्दनम् ॥
कृत्स्ना वसुमती राजन् वशे ते स्यान् न संशयः ॥
यदि हि स निहतः शयीत भूमौ; यदुकुलपाण्डवनन्दनो महात्मा ॥
ननु तव वसुधा नरेन्द्र सर्वा; सगिरिसमुद्रवना वशं व्रजेत ॥
kṛṣṇāśrayāḥ kṛṣṇabalāḥ kṛṣṇanāthāś ca pāṇḍavāḥ ||
kṛṣṇaḥ parāyaṇaṃ caiṣāṃ jyotiṣām iva candramāḥ ||
tasmāt parṇāni śākhāś ca skandhaṃ cotsṛjya sūtaja ||
kṛṣṇaṃ nikṛndhi pāṇḍūnāṃ mūlaṃ sarvatra sarvadā ||
hanyād yadi hi dāśārhaṃ karṇo yādavanandanam ||
kṛtsnā vasumatī rājan vaśe te syān na saṃśayaḥ ||
yadi hi sa nihataḥ śayīta bhūmau; yadukulapāṇḍavanandano mahātmā ||
nanu tava vasudhā narendra sarvā; sagirisamudravanā vaśaṃ vrajeta ||
"Resting on Krishna, made strong by Krishna, the Pandavas, whose lord is Krishna; Krishna is their refuge, as the moon among the stars. Therefore, leaving aside the leaves and branches and the trunk, O son of the suta, cut down Krishna — the root of the Pandavas — everywhere, always. Should Karna slay the Dasharha, the delight of the Yadavas, the whole earth, O king, would be in your power, no doubt. Should he, struck down, lie upon the ground — the great-souled delight of the Yadu race and the Pandavas — surely then all your earth, O lord of men, with its mountains, oceans, and forests, would come under your power."
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The Kurus imagine that killing Krishna would put the whole earth at their feet. It is telling that they see in him not a mere charioteer but the very center of all things, "the moon among the stars" — and yet plot his death. The verse teaches the blindness of audacity: to recognize the divine and still raise a hand against it is the height of folly; whoever plots to cut down the very root of creation saws off the branch he sits on — for against the Lord every scheme turns back upon the schemer.