Shloka 22

उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis

Devanagari script

इति तस्य वच: श्रुत्वा केशव: परवीरहा । तिर्यक्सरोषया दृष्ट्या वीक्षांचक्रे स मन्युमान्‌,कृतवर्माकी यह बात सुनकर शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णको क्रोध आ गया। उन्होंने रोषपूर्ण टेढ़ी दृष्टिसि उसकी ओर देखा

Transliteration

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā keśavaḥ paravīrahā | tiryak-saroṣayā dṛṣṭyā vīkṣāṃ cakre sa manyumān |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dijo: Al oír aquellas palabras, Keśava—verdugo de los campeones enemigos—fue presa de la ira. Con una mirada de soslayo cargada de furor, el Señor, indignado, clavó en él los ojos, señal de censura moral y de la tormenta de consecuencias que se estaba gestando.

Word by Word

इतिthus

तस्यof him/that

वचःspeech, words

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

केशवःKeshava (Krishna)

परवीरहाslayer of enemy-heroes

तिर्यक्sideways, obliquely

सरोषयाwith angry

दृष्ट्याwith (his) glance

वीक्षांa look, glance

चक्रेmade, cast (a look)

सःhe

मन्युमान्wrathful, full of anger

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral accountability: speech and intent can provoke righteous indignation, and a leader’s controlled yet condemning response (a wrathful glance rather than immediate violence) signals that adharma invites consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

After hearing someone’s statement, Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) becomes angry and looks at him with a sidelong, wrathful gaze—an ominous narrative cue that the situation is deteriorating and that the speaker’s words have crossed an ethical line.