Shloka 53
कुब्जानुग्रहः, धनुर्भङ्गः, कुवलयापीडवधः, मल्लयुद्धं, कंसवधः, स्तुतयः
चाणूरेण ततः कृष्णो युयुधे ऽमितविक्रमः नियुद्धकुशलो दैत्यो बलभद्रेण मुष्टिकः
cāṇūreṇa tataḥ kṛṣṇo yuyudhe 'mitavikramaḥ niyuddhakuśalo daityo balabhadreṇa muṣṭikaḥ
تب بے پایاں قوت والے شری کرشن چانور کے ساتھ کشتی کے دنگل میں اُترے؛ اور کشتی کے فن میں ماہر دیو مُشتِک بل بھدر (بلرام) سے گتھم گتھا ہوا۔
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
FAQs
It marks the public turning-point where the Lord’s avataric power confronts and dismantles Kamsa’s violent order, showing dharma prevailing through divinely guided action.
Parāśara presents it as a decisive episode in Krishna’s Mathurā-līlā: the Lord and Balabhadra meet the regime’s champions directly, preparing the way for Kamsa’s downfall.
Krishna’s ‘immeasurable prowess’ signals the Supreme Reality operating in the world—protecting devotees and rebalancing cosmic and social order by subduing adharma.