Shloka 30
दैतेया दानवेन्द्राश्ष महाकाया महाबला: । चक्राग्नौ क्षयमापन्ना दावाग्नौ शलभा इव,कितने ही विशाल शरीरवाले महाबली दैत्य और दानव दावानलमें दग्ध होनेवाले पतंगोंकी तरह श्रीकृष्णकी चक्राग्निमें स्वाहा हो चुके हैं
daiteyā dānavendrāś ca mahākāyā mahābalāḥ | cakrāgnau kṣayam āpannā dāvāgnau śalabhā iva ||
Bhishma said: “Many mighty Daityas and foremost Danavas—huge in form and great in strength—have met their destruction in the fiery blaze of Krishna’s discus, just as moths are consumed in a forest fire.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the overwhelming and decisive power of the divine when dharma is protected: even the mightiest forces of adharma are reduced to nothing, as effortlessly as moths perish in a forest fire. Strength without righteousness cannot withstand the cosmic order.
Bhishma recalls how numerous gigantic, powerful Daityas and leading Danavas were annihilated by the blazing energy of Krishna’s discus. He illustrates their helplessness through the image of moths being consumed in a wildfire.