Shloka 73
अग्निं समिद्धं शमयेद् भुजाभ्यां चन्द्र च सूर्य च निवारयेत । हरेद् देवानाममृतं प्रसहा युद्धेन यो वासुदेवं जिगीषेत्,'जो युद्धके द्वारा भगवान् श्रीकृष्णको जीतना चाहता है, वह प्रज्वलित अग्निको दोनों हाथोंसे बुझानेकी चेष्टा करता है, चन्द्रमा और सूर्यकी गतिको रोकना चाहता है तथा हठपूर्वक देवताओंका अमृत हर लानेका प्रयत्न करता है
sañjaya uvāca | agniṁ samiddhaṁ śamayed bhujābhyāṁ candraṁ ca sūryaṁ ca nivārayet | hared devānām amṛtaṁ prasahya yuddhena yo vāsudevaṁ jigīṣet ||
Sañjaya said: He who seeks to conquer Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) by war would be attempting the impossible—trying to extinguish a blazing fire with his bare arms, to halt the courses of the Moon and the Sun, and to seize by force the gods’ nectar of immortality. The point is ethical as well as narrative: hostility toward Kṛṣṇa is not merely a strategic error but a defiance of cosmic order that cannot succeed.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Opposing Kṛṣṇa through violence is portrayed as inherently futile and ethically misguided: it is like attempting to overturn the laws of nature and the divine order. The verse teaches that power aligned with dharma and the cosmic order cannot be overcome by mere force.
Sañjaya, describing the unfolding political-military crisis, emphasizes Kṛṣṇa’s invincibility and the impossibility of defeating him by war. He uses a chain of hyperbolic comparisons—quenching a blazing fire with bare arms, stopping the Sun and Moon, and stealing amṛta from the gods—to warn that such an attempt is doomed.