Shloka 5

नरकासुरवधः, अदीतिकुण्डल-प्रत्यर्पणम्, तथा भारावतरण-लीला

Devanagari script

कंसः कुवलयापीडः पूतना बालघातिनी नाशं नीतास् त्वया सर्वे ये ऽन्ये जगदुपद्रवाः

Transliteration

kaṃsaḥ kuvalayāpīḍaḥ pūtanā bālaghātinī nāśaṃ nītās tvayā sarve ye 'nye jagadupadravāḥ

Translation

By you, Kaṃsa, Kuvalayāpīḍa, Pūtanā the slayer of infants, and all other forces that tormented the world have been brought to their end.

Word by Word

• कंसः: Kaṃsa
• कंसः: Karta (member of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुवलयापीडः: Kuvalayāpīḍa
• कुवलयापीडः: Karta (member of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुवलय-आपीड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: कुवलय (elephant name) + आपीड (crusher/tormentor)

• पूतना: Pūtanā
• पूतना: Karta (member of list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूतना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बालघातिनी: child-slaying
• बालघातिनी: Viśeṣaṇa (of pūtanā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल-घातिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: बाल (child) + घातिनी (slayer)

• नाशम्: to destruction
• नाशम्: Gati/Karma (goal of leading)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नीताः: were led/brought
• नीताः: Kriyā (predicate with implied 'are')
• Type: Verb
• Root: नीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √नी धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Viśeṣaṇa (of ye)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• जगदुपद्रवाः: afflictions of the world / world-troublers
• जगदुपद्रवाः: Karta (apposition to ye)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समास: जगत् (world) + उपद्रव (affliction)

Speaker

A praising voice addressing Sri Krishna (within the Parasara–Maitreya narration framework)

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: He incarnates to remove world-afflicting burdens by destroying tyrants and demonic agents who prey upon the innocent.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Protection of the vulnerable (especially children) and removal of unjust rule that disturbs social and cosmic order.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord actively ends ‘jagad-upadrava’—forces that torment the world—revealing divine compassion as protective power.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: When confronting oppression, pair inner devotion with righteous action and protection of the vulnerable.

Vishishtadvaita: Divine grace operates within history: the personal Lord intervenes to uphold dharma, not merely as an impersonal absolute.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Bhakti Type: Vatsalya

Characters & Entities

• Krishna
• Kamsa
• Kuvalayapida
• Putana

FAQs

What is the significance of ‘jagadupadravāḥ’ (disturbers of the world) in the Vishnu Purana?

In this verse it denotes forces of adharma whose presence becomes a cosmic burden; their destruction by Krishna signals restoration of dharma and stability in the world-order.

How does Sage Parasara explain Krishna’s role in removing evil in this context?

Through the narrative of Krishna’s victories (Kaṃsa, Pūtanā, Kuvalayāpīḍa), Parasara frames the events as divine intervention—Vishnu’s incarnate sovereignty acting to protect the world and re-establish righteousness.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (as Krishna) here?

Krishna is presented as the supreme reality whose will governs worldly order: he ends destructive powers not merely as a hero, but as the Lord who preserves creation by dissolving adharma.