Shloka 92

Devanagari script

तत्‌ कृष्णकोपोदयसूर्यबुद्धं क्षुरान्ततीक्ष्णाग्रसुजातपत्रम्‌ । तस्यैव देहोरुसर: प्ररूढं रराज नारायणबाहुनालम्‌,श्रीकृष्णके क्रोधरूपी सूर्योदयसे वह कमल विकसित हुआ था। उसके किनारे छूरेके समान तीक्ष्ण थे। वे ही मानो उसके सुन्दर दल थे। भगवानके श्रीविग्रहरूपी महान्‌ सरोवरमें ही वह बढ़ा हुआ था और नारायणस्वरूप श्रीकृष्णकी बाहुरूपी नाल उसकी शोभा बढ़ा रही थी

Transliteration

tat kṛṣṇakopodayasūryabuddhaṃ kṣurāntatīkṣṇāgrasujātapatram | tasyaiva dehorusarāḥ prarūḍhaṃ rarāja nārāyaṇabāhunālam ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Aquele lótus—desperto pelo nascer do sol da ira de Kṛṣṇa—abriu-se, com pétalas cujas bordas eram agudas, cortantes como lâminas. Ele crescera apenas no vasto lago de seu próprio corpo divino, e sua beleza era realçada pelo talo que era o braço de Nārāyaṇa—o próprio braço de Śrī Kṛṣṇa.”

Word by Word

तत्that (thing)

कृष्ण-कोप-उदय-सूर्य-बुद्धम्having the appearance/semblance of the sun at the rise of Krishna's wrath

क्षुर-अन्त-तीक्ष्ण-अग्र-सुजात-पत्रम्having well-formed petals with razor-like sharp tips

तस्यof him/that

एवindeed/only

देह-उरु-सरःin the great lake of (his) body

प्ररूढम्grown up/sprung forth

रराजshone

नारायण-बाहु-नालम्by the stalk which was Narayana's arm

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Nārāyaṇa

lotus (metaphor)

sunrise (metaphor)

razor (metaphor)

lake/pond (metaphor)

arm (as lotus-stalk)

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?

The verse frames Kṛṣṇa’s anger as purposeful, divine energy in the service of dharma: even wrath, when rooted in the Supreme and directed toward protecting righteousness, becomes a sacred force rather than mere personal passion. The imagery also reinforces Kṛṣṇa’s identity with Nārāyaṇa, inviting devotion and reverence amid the violence of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya poetically describes a fearsome, radiant manifestation associated with Kṛṣṇa’s rising anger. Using an extended lotus metaphor—sunrise awakening the lotus, razor-sharp petals, a vast lake as the Lord’s body, and the arm as the stalk—he conveys both beauty and lethal power, fitting the battlefield context where divine intervention and intense resolve are unfolding.