दामोदरश्चतुर्व्यूहः पाञ्चालीमानरक्षणः ।साल्वघ्नस्समरश्लाघी दन्तवक्त्रनिबर्हणः॥
dāmōdaraśchaturvyūhaḥ pāñchālīmānarakṣaṇaḥ ·sālvaghnassamaraślāghī dantavaktranibarhaṇaḥ
Dāmodara — rope-bellied, the bound one
Completing the 24-name arc
The binding episode with the rope (dāma) on the belly (udara) is celebrated as the supreme demonstration that Kṛṣṇa surrenders to love; Yaśodā's rope could bind what cosmic forces cannot.
lord of the four vyūhas
Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha
The fourfold vyūha of Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha is Kṛṣṇa's cosmic organizational principle; worshipping each vyūha grants specific cosmological blessings per the Pāñcarātra system.
protector of Pāñcālī's (Draupadī's) honour
the vastraharaṇa
When Duḥśāsana attempts to strip Draupadī (Pāñcālī) in the dice-hall, she invokes Kṛṣṇa with a single cry; Kṛṣṇa responds with an inexhaustible supply of cloth that Duḥśāsana cannot strip—the most celebrated of Kṛṣṇa's protective acts.
slayer of Śālva
Bhāg. 10.77
The demon king Śālva attacked Dvārakā with his flying city (Saubha) while Kṛṣṇa was away at Kurukṣetra; Kṛṣṇa returns, destroys the flying city with his Sudarśana, and kills Śālva.
praised in battle
destroyer of Dantavaktra
Bhāg. 10.78
Dantavaktra, an ally of Śiśupāla, attacks Kṛṣṇa on foot after Śālva's death; Kṛṣṇa kills him with his mace (kaumodakī); a divine light exits Dantavaktra's body and merges into Kṛṣṇa.
