Shloka 27

Devanagari script

कृष्णश्व सुमहातेजा श्षक्रेणारिविनाशन: । दैत्यदानवसड्घानां चकार कदनं महत्‌,शत्रुविनाशन महातेजस्वी श्रीकृष्णने भी चक्रद्वारा दैत्यों और दानवोंके समुदायका महान्‌ संहार कर दिया

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca | Kṛṣṇaśvaḥ sumahātejāḥ śakreṇārivināśanaḥ | daityadānavasaṅghānāṃ cakāra kadanaṃ mahat ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Kṛṣṇa, rực rỡ đại quang và là kẻ diệt thù, phối hợp cùng Śakra (Indra), đã dùng bánh xe thần (cakra) gây nên một cuộc tàn sát lớn giữa đoàn quân Daitya và Dānava tụ hội.

Word by Word

कृष्णःKrishna

सुमहातेजाःof very great splendor

शक्रेणwith (the weapon) of Indra / with the thunderbolt (vajra)

अरिविनाशनःdestroyer of enemies

दैत्यदानवसङ्घानाम्of the hosts of Daityas and Danavas

चकारdid / made

कदनम्slaughter / destruction

महत्great

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kṛṣṇaśva

Śakra (Indra)

Daityas

Dānavas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames violent conflict as ethically meaningful only when it serves the restoration of dharma and the protection of cosmic order—here symbolized by the defeat of Daityas and Dānavas who threaten stability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Kṛṣṇaśva, endowed with great brilliance, joins with Śakra (Indra) and inflicts a major defeat—described as a 'great slaughter'—upon the gathered hosts of Daityas and Dānavas.