Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तत्रादृश्यन्त ते दैत्या: कृष्णचक्रविदारिता:,कृष्णमशभ्युद्यतास्त्रं च नादं मुमुचुरुल्बणम्‌ | उन्होंने उस जलते हुए वनको और मारनेके लिये अस्त्र उठाये हुए श्रीकृष्ण तथा अर्जुनको देखा। उत्पात और आर्तनादके शब्दसे उस वनमें खड़े हुए वे सभी प्राणी संत्रस्त- से हो उठे थे। उस वनको अनेक प्रकारसे दग्ध होते देख और अस्त्र उठाये हुए श्रीकृष्णपर दृष्टि डाल भयानक आर्तनाद करने लगे

Transliteration

tatrādṛśyanta te daityāḥ kṛṣṇacakravidāritāḥ | kṛṣṇam abhyudyatāstraṃ ca nādaṃ mumucur ulbaṇam ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：在那里，人们看见诸代底耶被黑天（克里希纳）的神轮（cakra）撕裂粉碎。它们见黑天举起兵器，便发出骇人的咆哮。在燃烧的森林中，它们狂暴的呼号与惊惶的哭喊，使立于其间的众生皆生恐怖——此乃象征：当非正法（adharma）遭遇果决的神力，便崩溃为惧乱与混沌。

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अदृश्यन्तwere seen/appeared

तेthose

दैत्या:Daityas (demons)

कृष्णचक्रविदारिता:torn by Krishna's discus

कृष्णम्Krishna

असिyou are

अभ्युद्यतraised up, lifted

अस्त्रम्weapon

चand

नादम्sound, cry

मुमुचुःthey released/uttered

उल्बणम्terrible, fierce

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Daityas

Kṛṣṇa

Cakra (discus weapon)

Astra (weapon)

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?

When destructive, unrighteous forces (symbolized by the Daityas) meet resolute, divinely-backed action (Kṛṣṇa’s cakra and raised weapon), their power collapses into fear and disorder; the verse highlights the moral asymmetry between adharma’s aggression and dharma’s decisive restraint-and-force when necessary.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of a burning forest scene, Daityas are seen already torn apart by Kṛṣṇa’s discus; noticing Kṛṣṇa poised with weapon raised, they emit a terrifying roar/cry, intensifying the atmosphere of panic among the beings present.