Shloka 25
एवमुक्त्वा यदुश्रेष्ठेक्षेदिराजस्य तत्क्षणात् । व्यपाहरच्छिर: क्रुद्धश्षक्रेणामित्रकर्षण:,ऐसा कहकर कुपित हुए शत्रुहन्ता यदुकुलतिलक भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने चक्रसे उसी क्षण चेदिराज शिशुपालका सिर उड़ा दिया
evaṃ uktvā yaduśreṣṭhaḥ cedirājasya tatkṣaṇāt | vyapāharac chiraḥ kruddhaḥ cakreṇāmitrakarṣaṇaḥ ||
Having spoken thus, the foremost of the Yadus—Krishna, the subduer of foes—at that very moment, in wrath, struck off the head of the king of Cedi with his discus.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma includes restraint and forbearance, but it also requires decisive protection of moral and social order when persistent wrongdoing becomes intolerable. The verse frames punishment as a duty executed at the proper limit, not as mere personal vengeance.
After speaking (in the surrounding context, following Shishupala’s repeated insults during the royal rite), Krishna immediately uses his discus to sever Shishupala’s head, ending the disruption and asserting dharmic authority in the assembly.