Shloka 17
द्विविद-वधः, यज्ञ-विध्वंस-निवारणम्, बलदेव-पराक्रम-समाहारः
चिक्षेप च स तां क्षिप्तां मुसलेन सहस्रधा बिभेद यादवश्रेष्ठः सा पपात महीतले
cikṣepa ca sa tāṃ kṣiptāṃ musalena sahasradhā bibheda yādavaśreṣṭhaḥ sā papāta mahītale
And he hurled it; and the foremost of the Yadavas, with his iron club, shattered that weapon—once it had been cast—into a thousand pieces, and it fell down upon the earth.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
In this verse the musala functions as an instrument of inevitable destiny: even formidable force is rendered powerless when Time (kāla) turns, underscoring that worldly might collapses under the divine order governing events.
Parāśara narrates the action as a sequence already aligned with cosmic necessity—acts occur, weapons are broken, and outcomes descend to earth—reflecting the Purana’s theme that history unfolds under higher sovereignty rather than mere human control.
The episode highlights Vishnu’s supremacy expressed through Krishna’s līlā: even the climax of destruction is not chaos but a governed transition, reinforcing that the Supreme Reality remains the controller of time, power, and dissolution.