श्रीशुक उवाच कृत्वा दैत्यवधं कृष्ण: सरामो यदुभिर्वृत: । भुवोऽवतारयद् भारं जविष्ठं जनयन् कलिम् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca kṛtvā daitya-vadhaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ sa-rāmo yadubhir vṛtaḥ bhuvo ’vatārayad bhāraṁ javiṣṭhaṁ janayan kalim
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śuka said
- kṛtvā
- having performed
- daitya
- of the demons
- vadham
- the killing
- kṛṣṇaḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- sa-rāmaḥ
- accompanied by Balarāma
- yadubhiḥ
- by the Yadus
- vṛtaḥ
- surrounded
- bhuvaḥ
- of the earth
- avatārayat
- caused to be lessened
- bhāram
- the burden
- javiṣṭham
- most sudden, leading to violence
- janayan
- raising
- kalim
- a state of quarrel
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, accompanied by Balarāma and surrounded by the Yadu dynasty, executed the killing of many demons. Then, further to remove the burden of the earth, the Lord arranged for the great Battle of Kurukṣetra, which suddenly erupted in violence between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas.