Shloka 65
स्वर्गगमनम्, अदितिस्तुतिः-मायातत्त्वम्, तथा पारिजात-प्रसङ्गे इन्द्रयुद्धम्
छिन्नेष्व् अशेषबाणेषु शस्त्रेष्व् अस्त्रेषु च त्वरन् जग्राह वासवो वज्रं कृष्णश् चक्रं सुदर्शनम्
chinneṣv aśeṣabāṇeṣu śastreṣv astreṣu ca tvaran jagrāha vāsavo vajraṃ kṛṣṇaś cakraṃ sudarśanam
যেতিয়া সকলো বাণ ছিন্ন হ’ল আৰু শস্ত্ৰ-অস্ত্ৰ ভাঙি পৰিল, তেতিয়া বাসৱে তৎক্ষণাৎ বজ্ৰ ধৰিলে আৰু কৃষ্ণে সুদৰ্শন চক্ৰ উঠালে।
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse, Sudarśana appears as Krishna’s decisive divine instrument when lesser weapons fail, signaling Vishnu-Krishna’s supreme authority to restore and safeguard dharma.
Parāśara narrates a battlefield escalation: once all arrows and even sanctified missiles are rendered ineffective, the leaders (Indra and Krishna) resort to their defining divine emblems—Vajra and Sudarśana.
Krishna’s taking up of Sudarśana underscores Vaishnava theology: even amid Deva power (Indra’s Vajra), final sovereignty and the power to decisively uphold cosmic order rests with Vishnu-Krishna.