Shloka 7

केशीवधः तथा ‘केशव’ नामप्रसिद्धिः

Devanagari script

एह्य् एहि दुष्ट कृष्णो ऽहं पूष्णोर् इव पिनाकधृत् पातयिष्यामि दशनान् वदनाद् अखिलांस् तव

Transliteration

ehy ehi duṣṭa kṛṣṇo 'haṃ pūṣṇor iva pinākadhṛt pātayiṣyāmi daśanān vadanād akhilāṃs tava

Translation

“Come here, come, you wicked one! I am Kṛṣṇa. As the bearer of Pināka (Śiva) struck down Pūṣan, so shall I knock every tooth from your mouth.”

Word by Word

• एहि: come!
• एहि: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Addressed command/आह्वान)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन — come!

• एहि: come!
• एहि: Sambodhana/Prayojana (Addressed command/आह्वान)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन — come! (repeated)

• दुष्ट: O wicked one
• दुष्ट: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — O wicked one!

• कृष्णः: Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• पूष्णोः: of Pūṣan (the Sun)
• पूष्णोः: Upamana-sambandha (Genitive with comparison/उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of Pūṣan/the Sun)

• इव: like
• इव: Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय — comparative particle (like/as)

• पिनाकधृत्: the bearer of Pināka (Śiva)
• पिनाकधृत्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाक (प्रातिपदिक) + धृत् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √धृ, ‘bearing’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिनाकस्य धृत् = bearer of Pināka)

• पातयिष्यामि: I will knock down
• पातयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) [णिच् causative: पातय-]
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) — I will cause to fall

• दशनान्: teeth
• दशनान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative plural

• वदनात्: from (your) mouth
• वदनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — Ablative singular (from the mouth)

• अखिलान्: all
• अखिलान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन — Accusative plural agreeing with दशनान्

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (your)

Speaker

Kṛṣṇa (speaking directly to his opponent in the narrative)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To confront and destroy Keśin directly, removing a lethal asuric threat to Vraja.

Leela: Yuddha

Dharma Restored: Immediate protection of devotees and reassertion of divine sovereignty over asuric violence.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Shiva (Pinakadhrit)
• Pushan (Pūṣan)

FAQs

What is the significance of the reference to Pūṣan and Pinākadhṛt in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It invokes a well-known Puranic episode where Śiva (Pinākadhṛt) strikes Pūṣan, using that precedent as a vivid measure of power—intensifying Kṛṣṇa’s threat and situating his act within cosmic, dharma-restoring authority.

How does the Vishnu Purana portray sovereignty and moral order through Krishna’s speech here?

By having Kṛṣṇa openly declare “I am Kṛṣṇa” and promise decisive punishment, the text frames him as the enforcer of dharma whose personal will aligns with maintaining universal order.

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

Kṛṣṇa’s fearless, commanding stance reflects the Purana’s view of Viṣṇu as the supreme reality acting within history—protecting the righteous and subduing disruptive forces to preserve cosmic balance.