Shloka 92
Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava
तत् कृष्णकोपोदयसूर्यबुद्धं क्षुरान्ततीक्ष्णाग्रसुजातपत्रम् । तस्यैव देहोरुसर: प्ररूढं रराज नारायणबाहुनालम्
tat kṛṣṇakopodayasūryabuddhaṃ kṣurāntatīkṣṇāgrasujātapatram | tasyaiva dehorusarāḥ prarūḍhaṃ rarāja nārāyaṇabāhunālam ||
Sañjaya said: “That lotus—awakened by the sunrise of Kṛṣṇa’s wrath—unfolded with petals whose edges were keen and razor-like. It had grown only in the vast lake of His own divine body, and its beauty was heightened by the stalk that was Nārāyaṇa’s arm—Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s arm itself.”
संजय उवाच
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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.
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.