Shloka 28
The Slaying of Śālva and the Destruction of Saubha
ततो मुहूर्तं प्रकृतावुपप्लुत: स्वबोध आस्ते स्वजनानुषङ्गत: । महानुभावस्तदबुध्यदासुरीं मायां स शाल्वप्रसृतां मयोदिताम् ॥ २८ ॥
tato muhūrtaṁ prakṛtāv upaplutaḥ sva-bodha āste sva-janānuṣaṅgataḥ mahānubhāvas tad abudhyad āsurīṁ māyāṁ sa śālva-prasṛtāṁ mayoditām
本質的に、クリシュナ主は知識に満ちており、無限の知覚能力を持っておられる。しかし、愛する者たちへの深い愛情ゆえに、一瞬の間、普通の人間のような感情に浸られた。しかし、主はすぐに、これがマヤ・ダーナヴァによって仕組まれ、シャルヴァによって使われた悪魔的な幻影であることを思い出された。
FAQs
This verse says that the terrifying display was not reality but an āsurī māyā—an illusion produced through Maya Dānava and deployed by Śālva—recognized and dispelled by Kṛṣṇa’s perfect awareness.
In the narrative of Śālva’s attack, Kṛṣṇa enacts humanlike responses as part of His līlā, yet He remains the ‘svabodha’—fully self-aware—and quickly identifies the trick as illusion.
Like Kṛṣṇa, pause when emotions surge, then re-check reality with clear discernment (buddhi) and śāstra-guided awareness before reacting to what may be misleading appearances.