Shloka 26
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
ह्वियमाणे तु दृष्टवा स कुण्डले भुजगेन ह
hviyamāṇe tu dṛṣṭvā sa kuṇḍale bhujagena ha
Vaiśaṃpāyana sprach: Als er sah, wie die Schlange die Ohrringe forttrug, wurde der Weise Uttaṅka von Schrecken gepackt. Von wilder Wut überwältigt, sprang er vom Baum, ergriff einen hölzernen Stab und begann den Ameisenhügel aufzuwühlen—getrieben von der Pflicht, das Entrissene zurückzuholen und einen Akt ungerechter Wegnahme zu berichtigen.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The episode highlights dharma as active responsibility: when something is wrongfully taken, one must act decisively to restore what is due—yet the narrative also warns that righteous purpose can be accompanied by intense anger, which must be directed wisely rather than allowed to become destructive.
A serpent steals/carries off the earrings. Uttaṅka, seeing this, becomes alarmed and enraged, jumps down from the tree, takes a wooden staff, and starts digging into the anthill (the serpent’s entry point) to pursue and recover the earrings.