Shloka 106

Devanagari script

छित्त्वानेकानि सत्त्वानि पाणिमेति पुनः पुनः । शत्रुघाती श्रीकृष्णके द्वारा बार-बार चलाया हुआ वह चक्र अनेक प्राणियोंका संहार करके पुनः उनके हाथमें चला आता था

Transliteration

chittvānekāni sattvāni pāṇim eti punaḥ punaḥ | śatrughātī śrīkṛṣṇena dvārā bāra-bāra calāyitaḥ sa cakro 'nekaprāṇināṃ saṃhāraṃ kṛtvā punaḥ tasya hastam āgacchati sma ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन बोले—शत्रुओं का संहार करनेवाले श्रीकृष्ण द्वारा बार-बार चलाया गया वह चक्र अनेक प्राणियों को काटकर फिर-फिर उनके हाथ में लौट आता था॥

Word by Word

छित्त्वाhaving cut (after cutting)

अनेकानिmany

सत्त्वानिbeings/creatures

पाणिम्hand (to the hand)

एतिgoes/comes (returns)

पुनःagain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Cakra (Sudarśana discus)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the awe-inspiring, almost inexorable power of a divinely guided weapon: it accomplishes its purpose and returns to its wielder. Ethically, it invites reflection on the cost of violence—even when executed under a framework of dharma or necessity—since many lives are extinguished.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana describes Śrī Kṛṣṇa repeatedly deploying his discus; it cuts down many beings and then returns to his hand, emphasizing both the weapon’s supernatural efficacy and the scale of destruction it causes.