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स तया वीरघातिन्या जनार्दनम् अताडयत् ॥
प्रतिजग्राह तां कृष्णः पीनेनांसेन वीर्यवान् ॥
नाकम्पयत शौरिं सा विन्ध्यं गिरिम् इवानिलः ॥
प्रत्यभ्ययात् तं विप्रोढा कृत्येव दुरधिष्ठिता ॥
जघान चास्थितं वीरं श्रुतायुधम् अमर्षणम् ॥
हत्वा श्रुतायुधं वीरं जगतीम् अन्वपद्यत ॥
sa tayā vīraghātinyā janārdanam atāḍayat ||
pratijagrāha tāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pīnenāṃsena vīryavān ||
nākampayata śauriṃ sā vindhyaṃ girim ivānilaḥ ||
pratyabhyayāt taṃ viproḍhā kṛtyeva duradhiṣṭhitā ||
jaghāna cāsthitaṃ vīraṃ śrutāyudham amarṣaṇam ||
hatvā śrutāyudhaṃ vīraṃ jagatīm anvapadyata ||
With that hero-slaying mace he struck Janardana; Krishna, the valorous one, received it upon his broad shoulder. It did not shake Shauri, no more than the wind shakes Mount Vindhya; it flew back at him, cast off like a sorcery wrongly directed, and slew the standing hero, Shrutayudha the unrestrained. Having slain the hero Shrutayudha, it fell to the ground.
f1a6326fe53e · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:45:02 UTC
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Varuna's covenant comes to pass: the mace, thrown at Krishna who was not engaging in the fight, "pratyabhyayāt... jaghāna ca āsthitaṃ vīram", flies back and slays Shrutayudha himself. Krishna stands unshaken, "vindhyaṃ girim iva anilaḥ", like Mount Vindhya before the wind: the Lord is unassailable, and the very attempt to strike Him becomes the striker's ruin. The image "kṛtyā iva duradhiṣṭhitā", "like sorcery wrongly directed", turning back on the sorcerer, is exact. The verse teaches a twofold law: God is unassailable, and whoever turns a weapon against Him or against the innocent destroys himself; power wrongly applied, like black sorcery, returns without fail upon the head of the one who broke the law.