Shloka 8
मानुषं लोकमातिष्ठ वासुदेव इति श्रुत: । असुराणां वधार्थाय सम्भवस्व महीतले
mānuṣaṁ lokam ātiṣṭha vāsudeva iti śrutaḥ | asurāṇāṁ vadhārthāya sambhavasva mahītale ||
Bhīṣma said: “Take your station in the world of men—renowned as Vāsudeva—and be born upon the earth for the purpose of destroying the Asuras.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames divine descent into the human realm as a dharmic intervention: when destructive forces threaten cosmic and social order, the divine assumes human presence to protect the world and remove adharma.
Bhīṣma reports an injunction directed to Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa): to take birth on earth in human society with the specific mission of eliminating Asuric forces, setting the background for Kṛṣṇa’s role in the conflict and restoration of order.