Shloka 8

Devanagari script

इत्य् उक्त्वास्फोट्य गोविन्दः केशिनः संमुखं ययौ विवृतास्यस् तु सो ऽप्य् एनं दैतेयाश्व उपाद्रवत्

Transliteration

ity uktvāsphoṭya govindaḥ keśinaḥ saṃmukhaṃ yayau vivṛtāsyas tu so 'py enaṃ daiteyāśva upādravat

Translation

ເມື່ອ​ກ່າວ​ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​ແລ້ວ, ພຣະ​ໂກ​ວິນ​ດາ ກໍ​ຕົບ​ແຂນ​ທ້າ​ທາຍ ແລະ ຍ່າງ​ເຂົ້າ​ໄປ​ຫາ​ເກ​ສິນ. ຍັກ​ມ້າ​ໂຕ​ນັ້ນ ກໍ​ອ້າ​ປາກ​ກວ້າງ ແລ່ນ​ເຂົ້າ​ໃສ່​ພຣະ​ອົງ​ເຊັ່ນ​ກັນ.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having said)

• आस्फोट्य: having clapped (his hands)
• आस्फोट्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्फुट्/स्फोट् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), उपसर्गः आ- (having clapped/snapped)

• गोविन्दः: Govinda
• गोविन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• केशिनः: of Keśin
• केशिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संमुखम्: face to face; in front
• संमुखम्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative), ‘in front/face to face’

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विवृतास्यः: with mouth wide open
• विवृतास्यः: Karta (Subject—apposition to ‘सः’/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवृत (कृदन्त, √वृ/वृणु ‘to open’ + क्त) + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘विवृतम् आस्यं यस्य सः’

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दैतेयाश्वः: the Daitya-horse (Keśin)
• दैतेयाश्वः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘दैतेयः अश्वः’

• उपाद्रवत्: rushed at; charged
• उपाद्रवत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु) उपसर्गः उप- + आ-
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: authoritative

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: Kṛṣṇa confronts Keśin to protect Vraja and reassert divine sovereignty over demonic disruption.

Leela: Yuddha

Dharma Restored: Loka-rakṣaṇa—preserving safety and order by subduing violent adharma.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

Characters & Entities

• Govinda (Krishna)
• Keśin
• Daitya (demon)

FAQs

What is the significance of Keśin’s charge at Krishna in the Vishnu Purana?

It dramatizes adharma rushing toward the Lord, while Krishna’s fearless advance shows Vishnu’s avatara as the protector of cosmic order and the refuge of devotees.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine action in such battle episodes?

Through vivid narration of events, Parāśara presents Krishna’s deeds as both historical-līlā and theological proof of the Supreme’s effortless mastery over demonic forces.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu (Krishna) here?

Krishna is portrayed as Govinda—the Supreme who upholds the universe—meeting evil directly; the scene reinforces Vaishnava doctrine that the Absolute acts personally to restore dharma.