Shloka 55

कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः

Devanagari script

पादोद्धूतैः प्रमृष्टैश् च तयोर् युद्धम् अभून् महत्

Transliteration

pādoddhūtaiḥ pramṛṣṭaiś ca tayor yuddham abhūn mahat

Translation

Sa pagyapak ng mga paa at sa pagkikiskisan at pagkapit ng kanilang mga katawan, sumiklab ang isang dakilang labanan sa pagitan nilang dalawa.

Word by Word

• पादोद्धूतैः: with (things) kicked up by feet
• पादोद्धूतैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाद + उद्धूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of blows/movements)

• प्रमृष्टैः: with (things) rubbed/struck
• प्रमृष्टैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + मृश् (धातु) → प्रमृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• युद्धम्: the fight
• युद्धम्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (कर्तृस्थानी-भाववाचक)

• अभूत्: was, became
• अभूत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महत्: great, intense
• महत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (युद्धम्)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: descriptive

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To defeat Kaṃsa’s champion publicly, demonstrating divine protection of the oppressed.

Leela: Yuddha

Dharma Restored: Public reassurance that adharma’s strength cannot prevail against the Lord.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Krishna

FAQs

What is the significance of battle imagery in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse uses vivid physical action to mark the escalation of conflict, a common Purana device that frames disorder as something that must be resolved for dharma and cosmic stability to prevail.

How does Sage Parāśara explain events to Maitreya in this section?

He narrates in concise, scene-setting lines—here emphasizing motion and contact—to transition the listener into a decisive phase of the encounter before its moral or cosmological outcome is stated.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in a specific line, the Vishnu Purana’s narrative assumes that the restoration of order culminating from such conflicts ultimately rests under Vishnu’s sovereignty as the supreme preserver of dharma.