Shloka 14

केशीवधः तथा ‘केशव’ नामप्रसिद्धिः

Devanagari script

व्यादितास्यो महारौद्रः सो ऽसुरः कृष्णबाहुना निपपात द्विधाभूतो वैद्युतेन यथा द्रुमः

Transliteration

vyāditāsyo mahāraudraḥ so 'suraḥ kṛṣṇabāhunā nipapāta dvidhābhūto vaidyutena yathā drumaḥ

Translation

อสูรผู้ดุร้ายอ้าปากกว้าง เปลวความน่ากลัวลุกโชน ถูกพระกฤษณะฟาดด้วยพระกร แล้วร่างแยกเป็นสองท่อน ล้มลงดุจต้นไม้ถูกสายฟ้าผ่า

Word by Word

व्यादितास्यः(having) gaping mouth

महारौद्रःvery fierce

सःhe

असुरःthe demon

कृष्णबाहुनाby Krishna’s arm

निपपातfell down

द्विधाinto two, in two ways

भूतःbecome

वैद्युतेनby lightning

यथाas, like

द्रुमःa tree

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Krishna

Asura (demon)

FAQs

What is the significance of Krishna splitting the Asura in this Vishnu Purana verse?

It dramatizes divine sovereignty: the asuric force, even at its most furious, is effortlessly subdued when Vishnu’s avatāra acts to reestablish dharma.

How does Sage Parāśara explain divine intervention in such battle scenes?

Through vivid comparisons (like a lightning-split tree), Parāśara frames the event as more than violence—an emblem of cosmic governance where the Lord’s power restores order.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Kṛṣṇa’s decisive act underscores Vishnu’s supremacy: the avatāra is the visible instrument of the Supreme Reality protecting the world from adharmic disruption.