Shloka 26
Saubha-ākhyāna: Śālva’s Approach and the Fortification of Dvārakā (सौभाख्यानम्—द्वारकायाः सुरक्षाविधानम्)
स विविन्ध्याय सक्रोध: समाहूय महारथ: । चिक्षेप मे सुतो राजन् स गतासुरथापतत्,राजन! तत्पश्चात् मेरे उस महारथी पुत्रने क्रोधमें भरकर विविन्ध्यपर वह बाण चलाया। उसके लगते ही विविन्ध्य प्राणशून्य होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा
sa vivindhyāya sa-krodhaḥ samāhūya mahā-rathaḥ | cikṣepa me suto rājan sa gatāsur athāpatat ||
Vāyu said: “O King, my son, a great chariot-warrior, summoned Vivindhya in anger and hurled his weapon at him. When it struck, Vivindhya, bereft of life, fell to the earth.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of krodha (anger): when anger governs action, even a capable warrior’s strength becomes a tool of ruin, leading to irreversible harm and death.
Vāyu narrates to a king that his son, enraged, summoned Vivindhya and launched a weapon at him; upon being struck, Vivindhya died and collapsed to the ground.