Shloka 59
कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः
बलक्षयं विवृद्धिं च दृष्ट्वा चाणूरकृष्णयोः वारयाम् आस तूर्याणि कंसः कोपपरायणः
balakṣayaṃ vivṛddhiṃ ca dṛṣṭvā cāṇūrakṛṣṇayoḥ vārayām āsa tūryāṇi kaṃsaḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ
Nang makita ni Kamsa na humihina ang lakas ni Chanura at lalo namang lumalakas ang kapangyarihan ni Krishna, siya na nilamon ng poot ay nag-utos na patahimikin ang mga tugtugin.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It marks the turning point where Kaṃsa realizes his champion is failing; the silencing of celebration reflects the collapse of adharma’s confidence before Krishna’s inevitable victory.
By contrasting Cāṇūra’s “bala-kṣaya” (loss of strength) with Krishna’s “vivṛddhi” (increasing might), Parāśara narratively signals that the Lord’s sovereignty asserts itself as opposition weakens.
Krishna’s rising power is not merely athletic prowess but the Purāṇic motif of the Supreme Reality restoring cosmic order—where adharma naturally diminishes in the presence of the Divine.