Shloka 23
Śakaṭa-bhañjana, Naming by Garga, Dāmodara and Yamala-arjuna, and the Move to Vṛndāvana
पूतनाया विनाशश् च शकटस्य विपर्ययः विना वातादिदोषेण द्रुमयोः पतनं तथा
pūtanāyā vināśaś ca śakaṭasya viparyayaḥ vinā vātādidoṣeṇa drumayoḥ patanaṃ tathā
មានទាំងការវិនាសរបស់ ពូតនា ការក្រឡាប់រទេះ និងការដួលរលំរបស់ដើមឈើគូ ដោយមិនមែនដោយកំហុសនៃខ្យល់ ឬហេតុធម្មជាតិផ្សេងទៀតឡើយ។
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
The verse emphasizes that the happenings (Pūtanā’s end, the cart overturning, the trees falling) were not accidental or caused by weather, but were manifestations of the Lord’s direct sovereignty over nature.
By explicitly denying “wind and other defects” as causes, Parāśara frames the events as līlā—acts of the Supreme that transcend ordinary material explanations while still occurring within the world.
Krishna is presented as Bhagavān whose supreme power protects devotees and overturns evil, revealing Vishnu’s supremacy not only cosmically but also intimately in earthly narrative.