SB 1.11.34
विधाय वैरं श्वसनो यथानलं मिथो वधेनोपरतो निरायुधः ॥ ३४ ॥
akṣauhiṇībhiḥ parivṛtta-tejasām
vidhāya vairaṁ śvasano yathānalaṁ
mitho vadhenoparato nirāyudhaḥ
Synonyms
yathā — just as; śvasanaḥ — the wind [lit., “that which blows in intermediate space” (antarikṣe śvasitīti śvasanaḥ);107 meaning vāyuḥ108]; vidhāya — after instigating [vardhayitvā109]; analam — a fire; [by the frictional rubbing of bamboo trees (veṇunāṁ anyonya saṁgharṣaṇena)]; uparataḥ — finally becomes still [upaśāmyati]; mithaḥ vadhena — by accomplishing the mutual destruction [or burning of bamboos (mitho veṇunāṁ dāhena)]; evam — so too; nirāyudhaḥ — Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who did not personally take up any weapons in the war [tyaktāyudhaḥ san svayam110]; [after inciting (vidhāya)111]; vairam — animosity; nṛpāṇām — between the kings; janmanām — whose very birth; kṣiti-bhāra — posed a burden to the earth [kṣiter bhārāya janma yeṣām]; tejasām — [and] whose influence [prabhāvam]; parivṛtta — was proliferated in all directions [sarvataḥ prasṛtam]; akṣauhiṇībhiḥ — [being surrounded] by massive military divisions, consisting of elephants, cavalry, chariots, and infantry [hastāśva-ratha-pādātaṁ senāṅgaṁ syāc catur-vidham112]; [finally remained at peace (uparataḥ), by seeing to their mutual destruction (mithaḥ vadhena)].
Translation
Just as the wind, after instigating a fire by the frictional rubbing of bamboo trees, finally becomes still, by accomplishing their mutual destruction, so too, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who did not personally take up any weapons in the war, after inciting animosity between the kings whose very birth posed a burden to the earth and whose influence was proliferated in all directions—being surrounded by massive military divisions, consisting of elephants, cavalry, chariots, and infantry—finally remained at peace, by seeing to their mutual destruction.