Shloka 47
उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly
अरिष्टो धेनुकश्चैव चाणूरश्व महाबल: । अश्वराजश्न निहत: कंसश्चारिष्टमाचरन्,अरिष्टासुर, धेनुक, महाबली चाणूर, अश्वराज केशी और कंस भी लोकहितके विरुद्ध आचरण करनेपर श्रीकृष्णके ही हाथसे मारे गये थे
ariṣṭo dhenukaś caiva cāṇūraśva mahābalaḥ | aśvarājaḥ keśī nihataḥ kaṃsaś cāriṣṭam ācaran ||
Sinabi ni Vidura: Si Ariṣṭa, si Dhenuka, ang makapangyarihang si Cāṇūra, ang demonyong kabayong si Keśin, at maging si Kaṃsa—sapagkat kumilos sila laban sa kapakanan ng daigdig at laban sa dharma—ay napatay sa mismong kamay ni Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Maliwanag ang diwa: hindi panangga ang kapangyarihan at katayuan sa sinumang nagpupumilit sa mapanirang, di-matuwid na asal; tiyak na darating ang nararapat na bunga.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Those who persist in adharma—conduct harmful to the world’s welfare—cannot rely on strength or status; their wrongdoing brings inevitable downfall, as illustrated by Kṛṣṇa’s slaying of notorious oppressors and demons.
In Vidura’s counsel during the Udyoga Parva, he cites well-known figures (Ariṣṭa, Dhenuka, Cāṇūra, Keśin, and Kaṃsa) who were killed by Kṛṣṇa because of their harmful, unrighteous behavior, using these examples to warn against continuing on an unjust path.