Shloka 25

Kirmīra-rākṣasa-saṃgamaḥ (Encounter and Slaying of Kirmīra) | किर्मीरेण सह भीमसेनसमागमः

Devanagari script

अदितेरपि पुत्रत्वमेत्य यादवनन्दन । त्वं विष्णुरिति विख्यात इन्द्रादवरजो विभु:,यदुनन्दन! आप अदितिके पुत्र हो, इन्द्रके छोटे भाई होकर सर्वव्यापी विष्णुके नामसे विख्यात हैं

Transliteration

aditer api putratvam etya yādavanandana | tvaṁ viṣṇur iti vikhyāta indrād avarajo vibhuḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna berkata: “Wahai kegembiraan kaum Yadu, engkau bahkan pernah lahir sebagai putera Aditi. Sebagai adinda Indra, engkau termasyhur sebagai Viṣṇu—Tuhan Yang Maha Meliputi.”

Word by Word

अदितेःof Aditi

अपिalso/even

पुत्रत्वम्sonship; the state of being a son

एत्यhaving attained/obtained

यादव-नन्दनO delight/son of the Yadavas

त्वम्you

विष्णुःVishnu

इतिthus; as

विख्यातःrenowned; well-known

इन्द्रात्than/from Indra

अवरजःyounger brother

विभुःthe all-pervading lord; mighty one

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Kṛṣṇa (Yādavanandana)

Aditi

Viṣṇu

Indra

Yādavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes recognition of the divine identity behind Kṛṣṇa: he is not merely a human ally but the all-pervading Viṣṇu, who can assume forms and births for cosmic purposes. It frames devotion as grounded in understanding the Lord’s transcendent nature and his voluntary incarnation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna addresses Kṛṣṇa with reverence, recalling well-known divine genealogies: Viṣṇu’s birth as Aditi’s son and his status as Indra’s younger brother (Upendra). This functions as a laudatory identification of Kṛṣṇa with Viṣṇu within the ongoing dialogue.