Shloka 2

नारदेन कंसबोधनम्, कंसस्योपायचिन्ता, अक्रूरप्रेषणम् (मथुरागमनप्रस्तावः)

Devanagari script

दमिते कालिये नागे भग्ने तुङ्गद्रुमद्वये हतायां पूतनायां च शकटे परिवर्तिते

Transliteration

damite kāliye nāge bhagne tuṅgadrumadvaye hatāyāṃ pūtanāyāṃ ca śakaṭe parivartite

Translation

When Kāliya, the serpent, had been subdued; when the pair of lofty arjuna trees had been shattered; when Pūtanā had been slain; and when the cart had been overturned...

Word by Word

• दमिते: when (it was) subdued
• दमिते: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दम् (धातु) → दमित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• कालिये: in/when (the serpent) Kāliya
• कालिये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• नागे: in the serpent
• नागे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालिये इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• भग्ने: when (it was) broken
• भग्ने: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भञ्ज् (धातु) → भग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तुङ्गद्रुमद्वये: in/when the pair of tall trees
• तुङ्गद्रुमद्वये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; तुङ्गद्रुमयोः द्वयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• हतायाम्: when (she was) slain
• हतायाम्: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पूतनायाम्: in/when Pūtanā
• पूतनायाम्: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शकटे: in/when the cart
• शकटे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• परिवर्तिते: when (it was) overturned
• परिवर्तिते: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + वृत् (धातु) → परिवर्तित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Kṛṣṇa’s manifestations and deeds in Vraja leading toward Kaṃsa’s downfall.

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To protect dharma by removing demonic threats afflicting Vraja and to reveal divine sovereignty through childhood līlā.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of the cowherd community and restoration of safety, purity, and auspicious order in Vraja.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s seemingly playful childhood acts are purposeful protections of dharma and reveal divine lordship within ordinary life.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Read life’s trials through the lens of īśvara-rakṣaṇa, cultivating trusting remembrance (smaraṇa) and gratitude rather than fear.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s transcendence is not diminished by immanence: He enters Vraja as a child yet remains the cosmic protector.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Kaliya
• Putana
• Arjuna trees (Yamala-Arjuna)
• Shakata (cart demon episode)

FAQs

What is the significance of subduing Kāliya in the Vishnu Purana?

It portrays Krishna as the restorer of order—purifying danger and re-establishing harmony where poison and chaos had spread.

How does Sage Parāśara frame these events in the dialogue with Maitreya?

As a sequence of divine interventions: Parāśara lists the calamities and their resolution to show that the Lord’s presence turns threats into confirmations of His guardianship.

What is the theological importance of Vishnu (as Krishna) in this context?

Even in childhood play, Vishnu’s supreme reality is implied—His effortless victories signal that the Absolute governs and protects the world through avatāra-līlā.