Shloka 58
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
दारयन्निव पद्धयां स जगतीं जगदी श्वर: । क्रोधताम्रेक्षण: कृष्णो जिघांसुरमितद्युति:,सम्पूर्ण जगत्के स्वामी, अमित तेजस्वी भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण क्रोधसे लाल आँखें करके भीष्मको मार डालनेकी इच्छा लेकर पैरोंकी धमकसे वसुधाको विदीर्ण-सी कर रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca | dārayann iva padhyāṃ sa jagatīṃ jagadīśvaraḥ | krodhatāmrekṣaṇaḥ kṛṣṇo jighāṃsur amitadyutiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: The Lord of the universe, Kṛṣṇa of immeasurable splendor, his eyes reddened with wrath, advanced with the intent to slay Bhīṣma—so forcefully that the earth seemed to split beneath the pounding of his feet. The scene underscores how even the divine charioteer, committed to protecting dharma, can manifest fierce resolve when righteousness is endangered.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is not mere passivity: when injustice threatens the righteous, even restraint can yield to decisive action. Kṛṣṇa’s wrath here is portrayed as protective and dharma-oriented—an ethical intensity aimed at preventing adharma from prevailing.
Sañjaya describes Kṛṣṇa surging forward in anger, intent on killing Bhīṣma; his steps are so powerful that the earth seems to裂. This belongs to the episode where Kṛṣṇa, seeing Arjuna hard-pressed by Bhīṣma, moves to intervene directly.