Shloka 19
Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)
सो ऽपि प्रविष्टो यवनो दृष्ट्वा शय्यागतं नरम् पादेन ताडयाम् आस मत्वा कृष्णं सुदुर्मतिः
so 'pi praviṣṭo yavano dṛṣṭvā śayyāgataṃ naram pādena tāḍayām āsa matvā kṛṣṇaṃ sudurmatiḥ
সেই যৱনো ভিতৰলৈ সোমাল; শয্যাত শুই থকা মানুহজনক দেখি, দুৰ্মতিয়ে তেওঁক কৃষ্ণ বুলি ভাবি ভৰিৰে আঘাত কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It highlights how adharma-driven aggression is blinded by delusion; the attacker’s misrecognition becomes the very cause of his downfall, while Krishna’s sovereignty remains untouched.
Through narrative causality: Parāśara shows that hostile intent (durmati) leads one into error, and that outcomes unfold according to prior boons and dharmic order rather than mere force.
Krishna is portrayed as the supreme governor of events—unthreatened by violence—guiding the situation so that adharma collapses under its own ignorance.