Shloka 51
Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः
विष्णुस्त्वमसि दुर्धर्ष त्वं यज्ञो मधुसूदन । यष्टा त्वमसि यष्टव्यो जामदग्न्यो यथाब्रवीत्,दुर्द्धध मधुसूदन! आप ही विष्णु हैं, आप ही यज्ञ हैं, आप ही यजमान हैं और आप ही यजन करने योग्य श्रीहरि हैं, जैसा कि जमदग्निनन्दन परशुरामका कथन है
viṣṇus tvam asi durdharṣa tvaṁ yajño madhusūdana | yaṣṭā tvam asi yaṣṭavyo jāmadagnyo yathābravīt ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O invincible Madhusūdana, you are Viṣṇu himself; you are the sacrifice; you are the sacrificer; and you are also the one worthy to be worshipped and offered to—just as Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) once declared.” The statement frames the divine as the very ground of righteous action: ritual, agency, and the sacred goal are not separate, but converge in the Lord, urging devotion without ego and action aligned with dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the Divine is present in every dimension of sacred action: the object of worship (Viṣṇu), the act (yajña), the agent (yaṣṭā), and the goal (yaṣṭavya). Ethically, it encourages performing duties without ego, seeing one’s righteous action as offered into the Divine rather than claimed as personal achievement.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a praise addressed to Madhusūdana, identifying him with Viṣṇu and with the entire sacrificial framework. The speaker supports this identification by citing the earlier declaration of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma), invoking authoritative tradition to affirm Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu’s supreme status.