Shloka 24
देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्
अरिष्टो धेनुकः केशी प्रलम्बो नरकस् तथा सुन्दो ऽसुरस् तथात्युग्रो बाणश् चापि बलेः सुतः
ariṣṭo dhenukaḥ keśī pralambo narakas tathā sundo 'suras tathātyugro bāṇaś cāpi baleḥ sutaḥ
Ariṣṭa, Dhenuka, Keśin, Pralamba và Naraka; cũng vậy asura Sunda, kẻ cực kỳ hung bạo; và cả Bāṇa, con của Bali.
Sage Parāśara (continuing his narration to Maitreya)
FAQs
The list functions as a narrative and theological map of dharma’s restoration: it names concrete embodiments of adharma that the Lord, as Kṛṣṇa, will subdue to re-stabilize the world-order.
By enumerating specific opponents, Parāśara frames Kṛṣṇa’s life as purposeful divine intervention—events are not random heroics but a guided rebalancing of cosmic and social harmony.
Vishnu’s supremacy is implied through Kṛṣṇa’s assured conquest of powerful asuras: the Supreme Reality enters the historical realm, yet remains sovereign, turning līlā into the instrument of dharma.