Shloka 58

Devanagari script

दारयन्निव पद्धयां स जगतीं जगदी श्वर: । क्रोधताम्रेक्षण: कृष्णो जिघांसुरमितद्युति:,सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌के स्वामी, अमित तेजस्वी भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण क्रोधसे लाल आँखें करके भीष्मको मार डालनेकी इच्छा लेकर पैरोंकी धमकसे वसुधाको विदीर्ण-सी कर रहे थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dārayann iva padhyāṃ sa jagatīṃ jagadīśvaraḥ | krodhatāmrekṣaṇaḥ kṛṣṇo jighāṃsur amitadyutiḥ ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ພຣະກຣິດສະນະ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງສາກົນ ຜູ້ມີຣັດສະມີຫາທີ່ສຸດບໍ່ໄດ້, ດວງຕາແດງກ່ຳດ້ວຍໂທສະ, ກ້າວໜ້າດ້ວຍໃຈຈະປະຫານພີສະມະ—ແຮງຈົນດິນດູເຫມືອນຈະແຕກອອກພາຍໃຕ້ສຽງຝີທ້າວຂອງພຣະອົງ.

Word by Word

दारयन्tearing, rending

इवas if

पद्ध्यांwith (his) foot/step

सःhe

जगतीम्the earth/world

जगदीश्वरःLord of the world

क्रोधताम्रेक्षणःhaving eyes reddened by anger

कृष्णःKrishna

जिघांसुःwishing to kill

अमितद्युतिःof immeasurable splendor

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Bhīṣma

Earth (jagatī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma is not mere passivity: when injustice threatens the righteous, even restraint can yield to decisive action. Kṛṣṇa’s wrath here is portrayed as protective and dharma-oriented—an ethical intensity aimed at preventing adharma from prevailing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Kṛṣṇa surging forward in anger, intent on killing Bhīṣma; his steps are so powerful that the earth seems to裂. This belongs to the episode where Kṛṣṇa, seeing Arjuna hard-pressed by Bhīṣma, moves to intervene directly.