Shloka 8
Śālva Attacks Dvārakā; Pradyumna Leads the Defense
Saubha-vimāna and Māyā-yuddha
स लब्ध्वा कामगं यानं तमोधाम दुरासदम् । ययौ द्वारवतीं शाल्वो वैरं वृष्णिकृतं स्मरन् ॥ ८ ॥
sa labdhvā kāma-gaṁ yānaṁ tamo-dhāma durāsadam yayas dvāravatīṁ śālvo vairaṁ vṛṣṇi-kṛtaṁ smaran
स लब्ध्वा कामगं यानं तमोधाम दुरासदम् । शाल्वो द्वारवतीं ययौ वृष्णिवैरं स्मरन् ॥
FAQs
This verse states that Śālva obtained a desire-moving, hard-to-approach aerial vehicle described as “tamo-dhāma,” indicating a craft empowered by dark, demonic/mystic forces, and he used it to march on Dvārakā.
Śālva went to Dvārakā driven by remembered hostility—“vairaṁ vṛṣṇi-kṛtam”—the enmity he felt the Vṛṣṇis had caused, propelling him into an attack on Krishna’s city.
Remembered resentment becomes fuel for destructive choices; the Bhagavatam warns that tamasic fixation on revenge leads one toward darkness, whereas devotion and forgiveness redirect the mind toward peace and dharma.