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

毗湿摩波耶那说：奎师那光辉炽盛、善灭诸敌，与释迦罗（因陀罗）同心协力，以神轮（查克拉）在聚集的底提耶与达那婆军中造成了巨大的杀戮。

Word by Word

• कृष्णः: Krishna
• कृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहातेजाः: of very great splendor
• सुमहातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्रेण: with (the weapon) of Indra / with the thunderbolt (vajra)
• शक्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अरिविनाशनः: destroyer of enemies
• अरिविनाशनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिविनाशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दैत्यदानवसङ्घानाम्: of the hosts of Daityas and Danavas
• दैत्यदानवसङ्घानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्यदानवसङ्घ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• चकार: did / made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कदनम्: slaughter / destruction
• कदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛṣṇaśva
• Śakra (Indra)
• Daityas
• Dānavas

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.