Shloka 126
Chapter 6: Dāruka’s Report; Arjuna Witnesses Dvārakā’s Desolation (दारुकवृत्तान्तः—अर्जुनस्य द्वारकादर्शनम्)
सो<भ्युपेक्षितवानेतमनयान्मधुसूदन: । कुन्तीनन्दन! जिन जगदीश्वरने पराक्रम प्रकट करके केशी और कंसको देह-बन्धनसे मुक्त कर दिया। बलका घमंड रखनेवाले चेदिराज शिशुपाल, निषादपुत्र एकलव्य, कलिंगराज, मगधनिवासी क्षत्रिय, गान्धार, काशिराज तथा मरुभूमिके राजाओंको भी यमलोक भेज दिया था, जिन्होंने पूर्व, दक्षिण तथा पर्वतीय प्रान्तके नरेशोंका भी संहार कर डाला था, उन्हीं मधुसूदनने बालकोंकी अनीतिके कारण प्राप्त हुए इस संकटकी उपेक्षा कर दी
so 'bhyupeksitavān etam anayān madhusūdanaḥ | kuntīnandana! yaḥ jagadīśvaro 'sau parākramaṃ prakaṭya keśinaṃ kaṃsaṃ ca deha-bandhanāt mumoca | bala-garvaṃ dhārayan cedirājaḥ śiśupālo niṣādaputra ekalavyaḥ kaliṅgarājaḥ magadha-nivāsinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ gāndhārāḥ kāśirājaś ca tathā marubhūmi-rājānaś ca yama-lokaṃ preṣitāḥ | ye pūrva-dakṣiṇa-parvata-prānta-nareśān api saṃhṛtya vināśayām āsuḥ, sa eva madhusūdano bālakānām anītikāraṇāt prāptaṃ etat saṅkaṭaṃ upekṣitavān ||
Vasudeva said: “O son of Kuntī! That Madhusūdana—Lord of the world—who once displayed his might and freed Keśin and Kaṃsa from the bondage of the body, who sent to Yama’s realm the proud Cedi king Śiśupāla, the Niṣāda’s son Ekalavya, the king of Kaliṅga, the Kṣatriyas of Magadha, the Gandhāras, the king of Kāśī, and the desert kings—those very rulers who had even slaughtered the kings of the eastern, southern, and mountain regions—he has now disregarded this calamity that has arisen because of the youths’ misconduct.”
वसुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the all-powerful Lord who once removed great tyrants may choose not to intervene when a disaster is the fruit of one’s own unethical conduct; moral causality (karma) and the consequences of anīti are allowed to unfold.
Vasudeva addresses Arjuna, recalling Kṛṣṇa’s past feats—killing major foes and sending many kings to death—then laments that Kṛṣṇa has now ‘overlooked’ the present crisis, which has arisen due to the wrongdoing of the youths (the Yādava young men), foreshadowing the collapse of the Yādava clan.