Shloka 18
Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः
निहत्य नरकं॑ भौममाहृत्य मणिकुण्डले । प्रथमोत्पतितं कृष्ण मेध्यमश्वमवासृज:,आप भूमिपुत्र नरकासुरको मारकर अदितिके दोनों मणिमय कुण्डलोंको ले आये थे; एवं आपने ही सृष्टिके आदिमें उत्पन्न होनेवाले यज्ञके उपयुक्त घोड़ेकी रचना की थी
nihatya narakaṃ bhaumam āhṛtya maṇikuṇḍale | prathamotpatitaṃ kṛṣṇa medhyam aśvam avāsṛjaḥ ||
অৰ্জুন ক’লে— ভূমিপুত্ৰ নৰকক বধ কৰি তুমি মণিময় কুণ্ডল উদ্ধাৰ কৰিছিলা। আৰু হে কৃষ্ণ! প্ৰথমে উদ্ভূত, যজ্ঞোপযোগী, মেধ্য অশ্ব তুমি নিজেই মুক্ত কৰিছিলা।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Legitimate power is shown as dharma-protecting: Kṛṣṇa destroys an oppressor (Naraka), restores what was wrongfully taken (the jewel earrings), and upholds sacred order by enabling yajña through the release of a ritually fit horse.
Arjuna addresses Kṛṣṇa, recalling two famed deeds: the slaying of Naraka (Bhauma) and the recovery of the jewel earrings, and also Kṛṣṇa’s act of releasing a primordial, sacrifice-worthy horse—invoking Kṛṣṇa’s capacity to both punish adharma and sustain Vedic rites.