Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 17
The Disappearance of the Yadu Dynasty and Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Departure
अन्ये च ये वै निशठोल्मुकादय: सहस्रजिच्छतजिद्भानुमुख्या: । अन्योन्यमासाद्य मदान्धकारिता जघ्नुर्मुकुन्देन विमोहिता भृशम् ॥ १७ ॥
anye ca ye vai niśaṭholmukādayaḥ sahasrajic-chatajid-bhānu-mukhyāḥ anyonyam āsādya madāndha-kāritā jaghnur mukundena vimohitā bhṛśam
Những người khác cũng vậy, như Nishatha, Ulmuka, Sahasrajit, Shatajit và Bhanu, đã đối đầu và giết lẫn nhau, bị mù quáng bởi sự say sưa và do đó hoàn toàn bị Chúa Mukunda làm cho mê muội.
FAQs
This verse says they met one another in a state of intoxication and, being deeply deluded by Mukunda’s arrangement, they became blind in judgment and killed one another.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this verse to Mahārāja Parīkṣit while narrating the events leading to the disappearance of the Yadu dynasty and Lord Kṛṣṇa’s concluding pastimes on earth.
Intoxication and ego can create ‘darkness’ in the mind, turning friends into enemies; the verse urges sobriety, humility, and devotion so one is not swept away by delusion and destructive impulses.