Shloka 19
Kālayavana’s Rise, Dvārakā’s Founding, and Muchukunda’s Awakening (Śaraṇāgati & Brahman-Stuti)
सो ऽपि प्रविष्टो यवनो दृष्ट्वा शय्यागतं नरम् पादेन ताडयाम् आस मत्वा कृष्णं सुदुर्मतिः
so 'pi praviṣṭo yavano dṛṣṭvā śayyāgataṃ naram pādena tāḍayām āsa matvā kṛṣṇaṃ sudurmatiḥ
That Yavana too entered within; and seeing a man lying upon a couch, the wicked-minded one—mistaking him for Krishna—began to strike him with his foot.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Krishna allows the deluded aggressor to mistake the sleeping king for Him, setting in motion the downfall of the adharmic attacker.
Leela: Loka-rakshana
Dharma Restored: Protection of the Lord’s devotees and the defeat of adharma born of ignorance
Concept: Adharma rooted in delusion (moha) leads one to commit offenses that immediately generate ruinous consequences.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Pause before acting in anger; verify perception and intention, and avoid harming the innocent—especially those under divine protection.
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s protection operates through moral causality within the world, not by denying the world’s reality.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
It highlights how adharma-driven aggression is blinded by delusion; the attacker’s misrecognition becomes the very cause of his downfall, while Krishna’s sovereignty remains untouched.
Through narrative causality: Parāśara shows that hostile intent (durmati) leads one into error, and that outcomes unfold according to prior boons and dharmic order rather than mere force.
Krishna is portrayed as the supreme governor of events—unthreatened by violence—guiding the situation so that adharma collapses under its own ignorance.