Shloka 5
Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)
प्रलम्बं नरकं जम्भं पीठं चापि महासुरम् | मुरं चान्तकसंकाशमवधीत् पुष्करेक्षण:,तत्पश्चात् कमलनयन श्रीकृष्णने प्रलम्ब, नरकासुर, जम्भासुर, पीठ नामक महान् असुर और यमराजसदृश मुरका भी संहार किया
pralambaṁ narakaṁ jambhaṁ pīṭhaṁ cāpi mahāsuram | muraṁ cāntakasaṅkāśam avadhīt puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then Puṣkarekṣaṇa (Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the lotus-eyed one) slew Pralamba, Naraka, Jambha, and the great demon named Pīṭha, and also Mura, who was terrible like Antaka (Death). The verse recalls Kṛṣṇa’s earlier destruction of oppressive asuras, underscoring the ethical idea that divine power is exercised to remove violent tyranny and protect the moral order.
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