Shloka 28
Adhyāya 39: Śiśupāla’s Censure and Bhīma’s Contained Wrath (शिशुपाल-निन्दा तथा भीमक्रोध-निग्रहः)
स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशय: । “राजाओ! केशी दैत्यका वध करनेवाले अनन्त-पराक्रमी भगवान् श्रीकृष्णकी मेरे द्वारा जो पूजा की गयी है, उसे आपलोगोंमेंसे जो सहन न कर सकें, उन सब बलवानोंके मस्तकपर मैंने यह पैर रख दिया। मैंने खूब सोच-समझकर यह बात कही है। जो इसका उत्तर देना चाहे, वह सामने आ जाय। मेरे द्वारा वह वधके योग्य होगा; इसमें संशय नहीं है
sa eva hi mayā vadhyo bhaviṣyati na saṁśayaḥ |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—स एव हि मया वध्यो भविष्यति न संशयः। केशिदैत्यवधकर्तुः अनन्तपराक्रमस्य भगवतः श्रीकृष्णस्य मया कृतां पूजां ये न सहन्ते, ते प्रत्युत्तरं ददतु; मया सह सम्मुखं युध्यन्ताम्। मया स वध्य एव; नात्र संशयः।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line underscores the moral danger of letting devotion and honor become instruments of ego and coercion. It shows how a religious act (praising or worshiping Kṛṣṇa) can be weaponized into a public challenge, where violence is declared ‘certain’ and ‘deserved,’ highlighting the ethical tension between righteous zeal and arrogant provocation.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a moment of open confrontation in the royal assembly context: a speaker declares that the opponent who cannot tolerate the honoring of Kṛṣṇa is fit to be killed, and that the speaker himself will carry out that killing without doubt—escalating a dispute into a vow of lethal action.