Shloka 51
इन्होंने एकार्णवके जलमें सोते समय मधु और कैटभ नामक दैत्योंको मारा था और दूसरा शरीर धारण करके हयग्रीव नामक राक्षसका भी इन्होंने ही वध किया था ।। अयं कर्ता न क्रियते कारणं चापि पौरुषे । यद् यदिच्छेदयं शौरिस्तत् तत् कुर्यादयत्नत:,ये ही सबके कर्ता हैं, इनका दूसरा कोई कर्ता नहीं है। सबके पुरुषार्थके कारण भी यही हैं। ये भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण जो-जो इच्छा करें, वह सब अनायास ही कर सकते हैं
ete ekārṇavake jale śayānasamaye madhu-kaiṭabha-nāmānau daityau jaghnur, dvitīyaṃ ca śarīraṃ dhṛtvā hayagrīva-nāmānaṃ rākṣasaṃ caiva jaghnur. ayaṃ kartā na kriyate kāraṇaṃ cāpi pauruṣe; yad yad icched ayaṃ śauris tat tat kuryād ayatnataḥ.
Vidura declares that this very Lord—who once, while resting upon the waters of the cosmic ocean, slew the demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha, and who again, assuming another form, killed the rākṣasa named Hayagrīva—is the true agent behind all action. No other maker stands above Him; He is also the inner cause that makes human effort effective. Whatever Śauri (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) wills, that He can accomplish effortlessly.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Vidura teaches that ultimate agency belongs to Śrī Kṛṣṇa: human effort functions only because He is the underlying cause, and whatever He wills can be achieved without strain. The lesson promotes humility and alignment of one’s actions with dharma rather than ego-driven confidence in mere personal power.
In Udyoga Parva’s counsel-filled setting, Vidura praises Kṛṣṇa’s supreme power by recalling mythic feats—slaying Madhu and Kaiṭabha on the cosmic waters and killing Hayagrīva in another embodiment—then concludes that Kṛṣṇa is the true doer and the enabling cause behind all human endeavor.