Vishvakarma, the divine architect, forged the Sudarshana Chakra from the blazing dust shaved from Surya's surface, fashioning a discus of 108 serrated edges that spins with the brilliance of the sun itself.
When Shishupala hurled his hundredth insult at the Rajasuya sacrifice, Krishna released the Sudarshana Chakra without a word — the blazing discus beheaded the Chedi king mid-sentence and returned to Krishna's hand.
Vishnu wields the Sudarshana Chakra in his upper right hand, the spinning discus representing the cosmic mind that destroys ignorance and severs the bonds of worldly attachment.
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