Shloka 456
उत्पातदर्शनम् — Portents and Kāla among the Vṛṣṇis
स नि:शेषं तदा चक्रे शार्चक्रगदाधर: । अपने छोटे भाई गदको रणशय्यापर पड़ा देख वे अत्यन्त रोषसे आगबबूला हो उठे; फिर तो शार्ज्रधनुष, चक्र और गदा धारण करनेवाले श्रीकृष्णने उस समय शेष बचे हुए समस्त यादवोंका संहार कर डाला
sa niḥśeṣaṃ tadā cakre śārṅgacakragadādharaḥ |
स नि:शेषं तदा चक्रे शार्ङ्गचक्रगदाधरः। गदं भ्रातरं कनिष्ठं रणशय्यागतं दृष्ट्वा स रोषेण जज्वाल; ततः शेषान् सर्वान् यादवांस्तस्मिन् काले संहृतवान्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores the ethical gravity of unchecked violence and internecine conflict: when a community turns its power inward, destruction becomes total. Even divine protection does not negate the fruition of collective wrongdoing; wrath and grief can accelerate an already ripened consequence.
After witnessing his younger brother Gada fallen in battle, Kṛṣṇa—described by his divine weapons—acts decisively to end the remaining Yādavas. The verse presents this as a complete, final annihilation, marking the culmination of the Yādava clan’s collapse in the Mausala Parva.