Shloka 6
तच् छ्रुत्वा यादवाः सर्वे क्रोधं दुर्योधनादिषु मैत्रेय चक्रुश् चक्रुश् च तान् निहन्तुं महोद्यमम्
tac chrutvā yādavāḥ sarve krodhaṃ duryodhanādiṣu maitreya cakruś cakruś ca tān nihantuṃ mahodyamam
तच्छ्रुत्वा मैत्रेय सर्वे यादवाः दुर्योधनादिषु क्रोधेन समुत्थिताः। पुनः पुनश्च तान् निहन्तुं महोद्यमं चक्रुः॥
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
FAQs
It shows how the royal houses were already primed for escalation, framing the Kurukṣetra conflict as a dharmic rupture that draws in allied dynasties.
He narrates it as a chain reaction to heard news—emotion (krodha) becomes collective resolve (mahodyama), indicating how quickly political events harden into vows of violence.
In Ansha 5 the Krishna narrative implies Vishnu’s sovereign presence behind history: human passions move, but the larger unfolding of dharma is ultimately gathered into the divine order Krishna embodies.